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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I admit it bugs me that so many foreign swimmers at at the top of NCAA swimming. I don't like the fact that so many foreigners develop their Olympic speed swimming for US universities.
But I don't really think these athletes are taking scholarships of elite Americans. They are taking positions that would go to SLOWER American kids.
There are not many sub-20 second 50 free guys in high school. So after Texas gets Fiegen and Cal gets Adrian, who does Auburn and Stanford go for? They want to compete with the best. So they could take a 20.5 guy instead or a 19 second foreigner. But will they? Not the programs that want a top 10 finish in NCAAs.
In many ways Texas has an advantage. For Texas kids, in state tuition is low. So a walkon pays as much as somone on half a scholarship at Stanford. There are only two Div 1 schools in Texas with a men's swim team.And guess what - lots of kids like Austin. So I think Eddie is successful recruiting Americans because it is relatively easy for him to do so.
I do not want to see NCAA rules that make it easy for foreigners to skirt any rules that other students have to adhere to.
I admit it bugs me that so many foreign swimmers at at the top of NCAA swimming. I don't like the fact that so many foreigners develop their Olympic speed swimming for US universities.
But I don't really think these athletes are taking scholarships of elite Americans. They are taking positions that would go to SLOWER American kids.
There are not many sub-20 second 50 free guys in high school. So after Texas gets Fiegen and Cal gets Adrian, who does Auburn and Stanford go for? They want to compete with the best. So they could take a 20.5 guy instead or a 19 second foreigner. But will they? Not the programs that want a top 10 finish in NCAAs.
In many ways Texas has an advantage. For Texas kids, in state tuition is low. So a walkon pays as much as somone on half a scholarship at Stanford. There are only two Div 1 schools in Texas with a men's swim team.And guess what - lots of kids like Austin. So I think Eddie is successful recruiting Americans because it is relatively easy for him to do so.
I do not want to see NCAA rules that make it easy for foreigners to skirt any rules that other students have to adhere to.
