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?
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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.
You are already a practitioner of the dark arts. i.e. A lawyer. :smooch:
Racewalking is almost non-existant in colleges. A few NAIA schools have it as an official part of their track program and that is it. I realize that this would have some serious repercussions, but if we continue down the path we are currently, some of these things may shrivel up and die anyway.
Not sure, but I thought that I heard that colleges were really stretching for students. Maybe I misunderstood. Surely, Harvard isn't, but maybe East Dogbreath State is.
-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.
You are already a practitioner of the dark arts. i.e. A lawyer. :smooch:
Racewalking is almost non-existant in colleges. A few NAIA schools have it as an official part of their track program and that is it. I realize that this would have some serious repercussions, but if we continue down the path we are currently, some of these things may shrivel up and die anyway.
Not sure, but I thought that I heard that colleges were really stretching for students. Maybe I misunderstood. Surely, Harvard isn't, but maybe East Dogbreath State is.
-LBJ
