Given all the debate in the other thread about Qatar "buying" up some of the top talent in swimming, my question is how many people feel the USA should do the same?
Hoogie & Thorpe for our 800 free relay?
Schoeman & Hoogie for our 400 free?
How about on the W's side, a couple of th Aussies maybe?
I think it is a little humerous that we still hold to the notion that sports should uphold some kind of amateur, "we do this sport because we love it" type of persona. The almighty dollar rules, whether it is American or foriegn. The majority of todays youth, not all, only participates in sports for the external reward and not the internal. I'm starting to think that recruiting in a global market just might help swimming grow..... Only time will tell.
I think it is a little humerous that we still hold to the notion that sports should uphold some kind of amateur, "we do this sport because we love it" type of persona. The almighty dollar rules, whether it is American or foriegn. The majority of todays youth, not all, only participates in sports for the external reward and not the internal. I'm starting to think that recruiting in a global market just might help swimming grow..... Only time will tell.
