Olympic Swimming

Originally Posted by philcski

The microeconomics idea makes sense. I'm curious to your politically incorrect thoughts though, the one sport I'm competitive in these days (ski racing) is almost exclusively whites for probably the same reason. I don't think anyone here would object to you speaking your mind.


She had a sex tape right?? What does NSFW mean?

Well I've always had the impression that parents plan for their children to attend college at an early age. Tuition is going sky high and sports are an avenue where kids can go for free.

Basketball for white kids? Low odds for a scholarship
Football? Depends on how big your kid is. Most kids are pussies nowadays.
Soccer? Depends on where the kid lives. Most local programs are horrendous.
etc. etc.

Swimming is a hot sport for middle-class whites. Most coaches are former collegiate swimmers and they make a decent living due to swimming being a year round sport (10 months at least). A swim coach can double dip, U.S.S., High School.

The time standards make it easier to foresee the future and potential for an athletic scholarship.

15 years ago the parents, for the most part, were laid back at U.S.S meets. It was a vacation atmosphere...even the state meet. Today? It's madness. Parents are pushing these kids to succeed and coaches have to deal with both the adult and child during the meet. It's crazy.

But to a middle-class family with 4 children...how are they going to pay for their kids to get through college?

[GPK]

If you have a daughter you want to go to college on a free ride??? Start her in golf...Major colleges and universities are begging to give away scholarships to young ladies that are even marginally talented.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by GPK

If you have a daughter you want to go to college on a free ride??? Start her in golf...Major colleges and universities are begging to give away scholarships to young ladies that are even marginally talented.

true that.. I was getting scholarship offers my junior year. My best friend, who never beat me when we played in high school (I was very competitive when I played daily), got a ride to Mt St Mary's and was there #1 golfer some years.

For me at the time, having to practice golf 4+ hours a day in college would have been torture.

[FGFan]

What a tremdous few days it has been!!!!!

Michael Phelps what can anyone even say...
the relay WOW!!!
Coughlin being the first woman to defend the backstroke gold!!!!

I haven't kept up to the swimming thread....
but some interesting theories here...

I think the chinese did indeed soup up the water creating a pool bias for the americans and the rest of the world to smash records....

Oh and trusty forget coughlin and the french girl....I'll take that russian from last nite, the rogue who swims with his hair exposed!!!!!

[philcski]

So the overagressive, overbearing parent syndrome has invaded juvenile swimming now too. Makes sense, first it was just football- then baseball, basketball, and hockey joined in, now it's all those plus golf, skiing, swimming, running, parasailing, chess, whatever. Pretty pathetic in my opinion. I think a lot of these guys try to make up for their own inadequacy in sport by pushing their children too hard. With Title IX, it's even harder for a male to get an athletic scholarship and shouldn't be the dependent path to college. Doing well in class is still the best route, no matter what high school you attend.


I agree with GPK though... a girl with a strong 5 handicap is very much in line for a scholarship.

Originally Posted by philcski

So the overagressive, overbearing parent syndrome has invaded juvenile swimming now too. Makes sense, first it was just football- then baseball, basketball, and hockey joined in, now it's all those plus golf, skiing, swimming, running, parasailing, chess, whatever. Pretty pathetic in my opinion. I think a lot of these guys try to make up for their own inadequacy in sport by pushing their children too hard. With Title IX, it's even harder for a male to get an athletic scholarship and shouldn't be the dependent path to college. Doing well in class is still the best route, no matter what high school you attend.


I agree with GPK though... a girl with a strong 5 handicap is very much in line for a scholarship.

Partial academic/athletic has been the trend. Auburn is notorious for this.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by philcski

So the overagressive, overbearing parent syndrome has invaded juvenile swimming now too. Makes sense, first it was just football- then baseball, basketball, and hockey joined in, now it's all those plus golf, skiing, swimming, running, parasailing, chess, whatever. Pretty pathetic in my opinion. I think a lot of these guys try to make up for their own inadequacy in sport by pushing their children too hard. With Title IX, it's even harder for a male to get an athletic scholarship and shouldn't be the dependent path to college. Doing well in class is still the best route, no matter what high school you attend.


I agree with GPK though... a girl with a strong 5 handicap is very much in line for a scholarship.

A girl with a strong 17 handicap will get a golf scholarship.. I girl with a 5 handicap will be going to the University of Arizona on a golf scholarship.

[FGFan]

Coach what are tonites predictions?

Have to be fast too, cause the horsies are almost on oxygen.


Oh and for anyone with Direct they added channels 750 to 756 for the olympics. I think it's 756 that is NBC universal..HD, I just found them yesterday.

Originally Posted by FGFan

Coach what are tonites predictions?

Have to be fast too, cause the horsies are almost on oxygen.


Oh and for anyone with Direct they added channels 750 to 756 for the olympics. I think it's 756 that is NBC universal..HD, I just found them yesterday.

I didn't watch prelims today and there isn't video OR heat sheets posted on NBC's goddamn-ridiculously s.hitty Olympic website. The webmaster should be sent to die by firing squad.

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

Originally Posted by GPK

If you have a daughter you want to go to college on a free ride??? Start her in golf...Major colleges and universities are begging to give away scholarships to young ladies that are even marginally talented.

and if they are p creamer hot..cha ching

Originally Posted by GPK

If you have a daughter you want to go to college on a free ride??? Start her in golf...Major colleges and universities are begging to give away scholarships to young ladies that are even marginally talented.

White girls:
Soccer is also good for girls. But count on getting hurt.
Volleyball is decent, but plan on paying huge bucks for Club ball, and plan on spending enormous amounts of time on it in College; very rigorous training, although not as bad as swimming.
Basketball... forget it. A girl I taught in 1987 got a full ride to UT the year after they won the National championship. I dont think she would get a Division I offer in today's world.

Women's hockey gives on average the largest amount of scholarship money at
$20,500 for women. So dads, move to the great white North and get your girl on the ice. But dont count on the SEC to pay your way.

On topic. Phelps looked slightly human in the Butterfly. He actually looked winded.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by pgardn

Basketball... forget it. A girl I taught in 1987 got a full ride to UT the year after they won the National championship.

What are you like 90 years old?