I just heard that two more universities, Rutgers and James Madison, are ditching men's swimming while spending zillions on football and golf. My own alma mater almost cut women's swimming several years ago. They were saved by alumni fundraising, but not until the swim team put itself up for sale on ebay. Endurance sports get no respect. It makes no sense. I thought open water swimming and triathlons and road racing were on the rise even among young kids. If so, why cut all those sports in college? I guess it's still just a miniscule percentage that participate compared to other sports, like my least favorite youth sport -- travel soccer.
Are there really fewer male age group swimmers nowadays? The swim meets seem to be getting longer where I live... which suggests that enrollment is up. If you're right, it's because those boys are too busy playing the myriad team sports where by age 10 you must practice year round 24/7. Life is just not complete anymore unless you play travel soccer, from what I can tell.
Are there really fewer male age group swimmers nowadays? The swim meets seem to be getting longer where I live... which suggests that enrollment is up. If you're right, it's because those boys are too busy playing the myriad team sports where by age 10 you must practice year round 24/7. Life is just not complete anymore unless you play travel soccer, from what I can tell.
