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.
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As my post stated football is "Americas Sport" , yes theres gambling there, and as I stated lots of people who love the game who are not gamblers. My main point is there is no gambling intrest in swimming , so little media coverage . Its great that colleges fund swimming teams because as you point out they make no money like the football team. We all know they give a lot of college students a chance to compete in a team sport, it is unfortunate that some colleges are dropping the swim team sponsership. It does not add up to a well rounded athletic program and takes away from the colleges stature.
As my post stated football is "Americas Sport" , yes theres gambling there, and as I stated lots of people who love the game who are not gamblers. My main point is there is no gambling intrest in swimming , so little media coverage . Its great that colleges fund swimming teams because as you point out they make no money like the football team. We all know they give a lot of college students a chance to compete in a team sport, it is unfortunate that some colleges are dropping the swim team sponsership. It does not add up to a well rounded athletic program and takes away from the colleges stature.
