As of 8:10am this morning one of the finer programs in the country is lost due to "budgetary" problems.
No one saw it coming and they just recently signed some top level recruits that gave them one of the top 3 recruiting classes in the country.
Read the whole thread, and can say my Div I college cut men's swimming & diving back in the late 1970's. It was a very sad thing. I suspect they would have taken out women's as well, but the facilities were already there and they needed to balance opportunities.
Perhaps we need only look at the public pools being built (or rebuilt) these days to see the end of compettive swimming as we know it... splashpads and waterslides are now must-haves for pool makeovers, with lane space (and markings) at a premium if they are planned at all.
I think the big public universities are going the way of the public parks. Only sell what the majority really wants. Look to Division II, Division III and private universities for your collegiate swimming near term.
Read the whole thread, and can say my Div I college cut men's swimming & diving back in the late 1970's. It was a very sad thing. I suspect they would have taken out women's as well, but the facilities were already there and they needed to balance opportunities.
Perhaps we need only look at the public pools being built (or rebuilt) these days to see the end of compettive swimming as we know it... splashpads and waterslides are now must-haves for pool makeovers, with lane space (and markings) at a premium if they are planned at all.
I think the big public universities are going the way of the public parks. Only sell what the majority really wants. Look to Division II, Division III and private universities for your collegiate swimming near term.
