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.
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Here we go again - always this subject - foreign swimmer here came on a Free ride to USC 20 years ago.
21 year old sophomores: I was 21 as a sophomore. 1 additional year of school + 15 month of military -- that is a really silly argument.
How many college scholarships for swimming in the United States ? What is the total number ? I really don't know --- but let's say it's 400. That is 400 more scholarships than all European countries combined have for their swimmers and I am guessing it's the same for Japan and Australia -- it just does not exist.
So in regards to the Olympics, the US still has an unbelievable advantage through the college system.
A limit to the number of foreign scholarships may be a good compromise -- but don't forget that most teams are made up of 25-40 swimmers - not just the scholarship athletes. So having 3 or 4 foreign swimmers on a 40 man roster is really not all that much.
Maybe foreign swimmers simply don't want to go to Texas -- have you been there :bump: ---- but then again, Auburn is not exactly a metropolis either....
Here we go again - always this subject - foreign swimmer here came on a Free ride to USC 20 years ago.
21 year old sophomores: I was 21 as a sophomore. 1 additional year of school + 15 month of military -- that is a really silly argument.
How many college scholarships for swimming in the United States ? What is the total number ? I really don't know --- but let's say it's 400. That is 400 more scholarships than all European countries combined have for their swimmers and I am guessing it's the same for Japan and Australia -- it just does not exist.
So in regards to the Olympics, the US still has an unbelievable advantage through the college system.
A limit to the number of foreign scholarships may be a good compromise -- but don't forget that most teams are made up of 25-40 swimmers - not just the scholarship athletes. So having 3 or 4 foreign swimmers on a 40 man roster is really not all that much.
Maybe foreign swimmers simply don't want to go to Texas -- have you been there :bump: ---- but then again, Auburn is not exactly a metropolis either....
