How many guys from other countries does it take to win a National Championship?
Good thing they all attended classes on campus the entire year..... :-)
Makes everyone feel proud to see the American Record holder on the 4th place podium.
It is fairly obvious that there can be no "strong case" against the current situation as you are a supporter of the status quo.
As for your supposition that it is not the duty of a university or its swim coach to advance the interests of the US National Team. Try reconciling that logic with the coaches who have both duties with the same group of swimmers.
The overlap is evident.
The existence, or not, of a strong argument should be independent of my own position. If you can't make a strong case, just say so, don't blame me for it.
As for my "supposition"...although I am not privy to the contracts of college coaches, I would be willing to bet there is no mention of the US National team.
If such coaches ALSO have duties to the national team, and those duties conflict with and lessen their effectiveness as college coaches...why, those are grounds to be fired.
Like it or don't, the fact is that our universities are open to non-Americans, including athletes. No rules are broken by recruiting those athletes, it isn't morally objectionable, and it isn't the "cheap fix" that you seem to think it is.
It is fairly obvious that there can be no "strong case" against the current situation as you are a supporter of the status quo.
As for your supposition that it is not the duty of a university or its swim coach to advance the interests of the US National Team. Try reconciling that logic with the coaches who have both duties with the same group of swimmers.
The overlap is evident.
The existence, or not, of a strong argument should be independent of my own position. If you can't make a strong case, just say so, don't blame me for it.
As for my "supposition"...although I am not privy to the contracts of college coaches, I would be willing to bet there is no mention of the US National team.
If such coaches ALSO have duties to the national team, and those duties conflict with and lessen their effectiveness as college coaches...why, those are grounds to be fired.
Like it or don't, the fact is that our universities are open to non-Americans, including athletes. No rules are broken by recruiting those athletes, it isn't morally objectionable, and it isn't the "cheap fix" that you seem to think it is.
