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?
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Lindsay,
It doesn't matter if its the "cold war" as you say or the Australians or Dutch in the 21st century. It's the same battle in the end in the pool. As I've said before, it's "competitive" swimming, not "open swim".
.....and... yes.... I'm not interested in funding other countries training programs and olympic efforts in any capacity. I suppose if the South Africans immediately acknowledged their success after their free relay at Greece on TV as being partially (if not directly) attributed to the training and money they received in the US, I'd feel less adamant about the whole issue. But to assume or portray it as a "South African" victory........ I fundamentally disagree....... the only thing South African was their parent's address.
John Smith
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Lindsay,
It doesn't matter if its the "cold war" as you say or the Australians or Dutch in the 21st century. It's the same battle in the end in the pool. As I've said before, it's "competitive" swimming, not "open swim".
.....and... yes.... I'm not interested in funding other countries training programs and olympic efforts in any capacity. I suppose if the South Africans immediately acknowledged their success after their free relay at Greece on TV as being partially (if not directly) attributed to the training and money they received in the US, I'd feel less adamant about the whole issue. But to assume or portray it as a "South African" victory........ I fundamentally disagree....... the only thing South African was their parent's address.
John Smith
