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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I did use a personal anecdote to strengthen my case, and it is fair to respond with another. However, a High School exchange experience is hardly relevent if we want to talk about top-quality intellects or top-quality swimmers.
I have been taught by foreign students, worked with foreign students, taught foreign students, and mentored foreign students. I did this a several high quality academic institutions at the Ph.D. level in Phyics, Engineering, and Chemistry, at the Univerisity of Chicago, University of Colorado, Notre Dame University, and Stanford University. Not all of my experiences were positive, most were.
My anecdotal experience is also 'common knowledge,' that good students improve the academic institution and creates higher-quality scientists. I think the same is true for swimming.
So if the purpose of scholarships is to make better American world-class swimmers than scholarships should be given to foreign swimmers. If the purpose is to make a more competitive NCAA, scholarships should be given to foreign swimmers. If the purpose is to make better swim teams that win more meets, then scholarships should be given to foreign students.
If the purpose is to reward middle-class swimmers who have worked hard but aren't good enough to become finalist in the NCAA champs . . . well, John has me there.
I did use a personal anecdote to strengthen my case, and it is fair to respond with another. However, a High School exchange experience is hardly relevent if we want to talk about top-quality intellects or top-quality swimmers.
I have been taught by foreign students, worked with foreign students, taught foreign students, and mentored foreign students. I did this a several high quality academic institutions at the Ph.D. level in Phyics, Engineering, and Chemistry, at the Univerisity of Chicago, University of Colorado, Notre Dame University, and Stanford University. Not all of my experiences were positive, most were.
My anecdotal experience is also 'common knowledge,' that good students improve the academic institution and creates higher-quality scientists. I think the same is true for swimming.
So if the purpose of scholarships is to make better American world-class swimmers than scholarships should be given to foreign swimmers. If the purpose is to make a more competitive NCAA, scholarships should be given to foreign swimmers. If the purpose is to make better swim teams that win more meets, then scholarships should be given to foreign students.
If the purpose is to reward middle-class swimmers who have worked hard but aren't good enough to become finalist in the NCAA champs . . . well, John has me there.
