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?
Parents
Former Member
Phil,
First you say....
"I would rather federal money be spent of good foreign students than feceral money be spent on mediocre domestic students.......... If there were enough domestic students to do the work (note, this is five or six years of near slave labor) then they would do the work. If there aren't enough domestic students, foreign students will be brought in. "
then you say....
"The United States can buy athletes if it wants, but it does not have to. I do not think it is a good idea for the United States to be buying athletes, it has plenty of good ones as it is, and I would rather spend the money on better research."
These are two competing thoughts. Either there are enough students and athletes here to do the job or there are not. My opinion is that there are certainly enough here, and they deserve our money and attention first.
My experience with a foreign exchange student living in my home during my senior year in highschool (and swimming on our team) was not as rewarding as your academic experience with international students. I found him selfish, critical and unappreciative. He took a swimming scholarship at WVa and left for home in Brazil eventually. As far as I am concerned, our country is no better off from his visit.
John Smith
Phil,
First you say....
"I would rather federal money be spent of good foreign students than feceral money be spent on mediocre domestic students.......... If there were enough domestic students to do the work (note, this is five or six years of near slave labor) then they would do the work. If there aren't enough domestic students, foreign students will be brought in. "
then you say....
"The United States can buy athletes if it wants, but it does not have to. I do not think it is a good idea for the United States to be buying athletes, it has plenty of good ones as it is, and I would rather spend the money on better research."
These are two competing thoughts. Either there are enough students and athletes here to do the job or there are not. My opinion is that there are certainly enough here, and they deserve our money and attention first.
My experience with a foreign exchange student living in my home during my senior year in highschool (and swimming on our team) was not as rewarding as your academic experience with international students. I found him selfish, critical and unappreciative. He took a swimming scholarship at WVa and left for home in Brazil eventually. As far as I am concerned, our country is no better off from his visit.
John Smith
