I have written this idea to Swimming World and USA Swimmer and now I want to share it with my Forum Friends to see if I can garner any support. I just read the report in the ASCA magazine on how the implementation of Title IX has hurt men's swimming. As a supporter of womens sports I think Title IX has done much more good than harm. As a fan of college swimming I think the NCAA has done more harm than good. I was searching for a solution that would get swimming out of being at the mercy of the NCAA.The solution seems to be to start a scholarship fund for swimmers to be administered by USA Swimming. Criteria would be set up,both athletic and academic,for deserving swimmers to earn college scholarships to the college of their choice. The swimmer would be free to swim for the college if they had a team if desired or for the appropriate club if they don't. If they earn a swimming scholarship from the college the extra funds could be recycled back into the program.In the interest of fairness the scholarships would go to an equal number of men and women. This program would not be a way to get around Title IX but to get around the NCAA. Yes,it would take a massive fund raising effort,but I think most swimmers,parents,Masters,and corporate sponsors would be interested in donating(I would.) It would give swimming great publicity and would be a great recruiting tool. What do Y'all think?
I say that if we keep 'em barefoot and pregnant all this hoo-haw about women's sports will go away. After all, don't they realize that if they do stuff like running, their uterus could fall out and drag in the dirt? Sports also makes women more masculine and then they become lesbians and start practicing witchcraft and then ... pffft.... there goes democracy and civilization.
Second proposal: Have the orphan sports move down to Division II and III schools in a manner similar to the above. This has 2 possible benefits: it keeps the sports viable and it gives a college with, say, a focus on swimming, a concentrated pool of applicants to draw from. I understand that many of the smaller colleges are competing hard for students, but with a fewer number of schools doing a sport, this will allow the colleges to specifically target a group who will, by definition, be interested in them.
-LBJ
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I actually picked my college for academic reasons, but wanted to swim because I loved swimming. Your proposal, while very interesting, would have eliminated swimming/orphan sport as an option for me. I assume it would have eliminated race walking as well. I would then have been forced to take witchcraft.
Are the colleges competing for the students or are the students now competing for the colleges? I thought the college admissions process was turning all high school students into stressed out nail biters who post on college admission blogs.
I say that if we keep 'em barefoot and pregnant all this hoo-haw about women's sports will go away. After all, don't they realize that if they do stuff like running, their uterus could fall out and drag in the dirt? Sports also makes women more masculine and then they become lesbians and start practicing witchcraft and then ... pffft.... there goes democracy and civilization.
Second proposal: Have the orphan sports move down to Division II and III schools in a manner similar to the above. This has 2 possible benefits: it keeps the sports viable and it gives a college with, say, a focus on swimming, a concentrated pool of applicants to draw from. I understand that many of the smaller colleges are competing hard for students, but with a fewer number of schools doing a sport, this will allow the colleges to specifically target a group who will, by definition, be interested in them.
-LBJ
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
I actually picked my college for academic reasons, but wanted to swim because I loved swimming. Your proposal, while very interesting, would have eliminated swimming/orphan sport as an option for me. I assume it would have eliminated race walking as well. I would then have been forced to take witchcraft.
Are the colleges competing for the students or are the students now competing for the colleges? I thought the college admissions process was turning all high school students into stressed out nail biters who post on college admission blogs.
