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.
This is a possibly politically incorrect statement - but I think they should find a nice way to highlight how nice it is to train with attractive girls wearing lycra. Keep more older boys in the sport! Just an example of things they can do....
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This was one of the pluses my son gave for staying with the sport, when he was weighing his options!
Leslie, I never was around the year round soccer parents, and the High School soccer parents were very nice. Most swim parents are nice, but there are always a few nuts in any sport.
This is a possibly politically incorrect statement - but I think they should find a nice way to highlight how nice it is to train with attractive girls wearing lycra. Keep more older boys in the sport! Just an example of things they can do....
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This was one of the pluses my son gave for staying with the sport, when he was weighing his options!
Leslie, I never was around the year round soccer parents, and the High School soccer parents were very nice. Most swim parents are nice, but there are always a few nuts in any sport.
