Looks like the number of foreign athletes taking scholarship money away from home grown kids has surged in recent years. 2/3rds are in Division I schools.
I wouldn't dream of accusing lazy coaches who don't recruit well of using "hired guns" from other countries to win championships. I'm sure they are only accepting foreign athletes for the altruistic good of helping to diversify the student body..... :-)
Influx of foreigners presents new challenges for NCAA
www.usatoday.com/.../2008-10-01-foreign-influx_N.htm
I could care less anymore about foreign swimmers. But, the weird thing is that my former college coach seems to have more American swimmers on the team nowadays. I guess that some coaches like the foreign swimmers because they feel that they can control the foreigner, they won't talk back or push them in the pool(this guy on my former college team pushed the my former college coach in the pool after some argument over absolutely nothing. I think that the coach egged him on to kick him off the team).
I could care less anymore about foreign swimmers. But, the weird thing is that my former college coach seems to have more American swimmers on the team nowadays. I guess that some coaches like the foreign swimmers because they feel that they can control the foreigner, they won't talk back or push them in the pool(this guy on my former college team pushed the my former college coach in the pool after some argument over absolutely nothing. I think that the coach egged him on to kick him off the team).
