Sean Carlson: “Some Programs Have Quick Fixes of 7 Kids that are 27 Years Old from Different Parts of the World”

Foreign athletes make domestic athletes more competitive, but that doesn't mean we need to flood teams with them to the point that we aren't developing our own athletes, whether or not they could become world-class. At some point, there needs to be some consideration and protection of US citizens at American univerisities. After all, what other country in the world doesn't put their own people first?

The 30/70 rule doesn't go far enough because a large roster could still allow for all scoring runners to be foreign. There should also be a limit of how many foreign runners can be racing for the team for championship races.

UNM has had majority international rosters long before Gauson stepped foot in ABQ. 6/7 of UNM’s runner-up women’s team a few years back were international. really odd nobody here complained about that. I wonder why……

What is a "wokester". I'm 100% sure you have no idea what woke means but just repeating what you've heard ol grandpa say.

SMH...nobody forces kids to follow their coaches to a different school. Also these student-athletes don't have contracts with the coach to get paid.

Quit complaining or get the rules changed so that student-athletes have contracts like professional leagues have for their players.

Serious question. Are NCAA XC scholarships at state universities typically funded by state taxpayers? Or does it come from revenue generated by the money making sports like football, basketball?

Yes they are funded out of the athletics department. I have no issue with foreigners in the NCAA but the scholarships are ultimately funded by US taxpayers because that is who buys tickets to football games.

Thanks. But is the athletics department typically 100% self-funded? Or do they have to rely on subsidies from the university (and hence the taxpayers) to pay for scholarships for non-revenue sports?

I once interviewed Coach Wetmore (sorry if I spelled his name wrong) for an article about the new phenomenon of so many Kenyans making the US team in 2016.

He said that he believes in giving spots to Colorodo-citizens or Americans because they pay the taxes and it's a state university

Stanford. Duke. Northwestern. Notre Dame. Many schools are private.

I can't believe people keep making this point thinking its an argument ender. Money is FUNGIBLE, this is ECON 101. It does not matter if the exact serial numbered bills that are used to pay for these foreign athletes scholarships were the exact same bills taken from the taxpayers. A dollar is a dollar is a dollar.

The state (and to an extent all federal) taxpayers heavily subsidize state universities and therfore directly or indirectly pay for all of the schools expenditures. This is why we have the concept of in-state/out of state tuition because there is an understanding that the taxpayers deserve something in return for their payment over almost 2 decades in a state. There is no reason this same logic can't be extended to say at least some portion of athletic scholarships should go to taxpayers (at the very least Federal taxpayers ie American high schoolers/their parents).

Is this the same guy that had Canadians on his team? Is he just against Africans or all foreigners?

I asked a question, not a statement. Are you unable to comprehend the difference?

I am genuinely curious about the answer. Yes money is fungible, but an athletics department that is 100% self-funded (from ticket revenue, merchandise, donations, etc.) can make the argument that they should have more control over how to spend their budget. Rationale people can counter that state taxpayer money largely built the training facilities, stadiums and infrastructure that make it all possible.

If you fall into the latter group, you would have to question why the school recruits any athlete from out of state (let alone from abroad) since these scholarship students are not paying the higher tuition rate.

If an 18-year-old can’t compete with a 27-year-old athletically then it’s the 18 year olds fault? Get here get out of here with that BS. The point is the immigrant does not have to be competitive in all areas, they certainly don’t have to be competitive in education.. they just have to be a fast Runner. they may not even attend the school full-time. There are built in advantages for them. To ignore this is just idiotic.

Do not understand that colleges and universities also receive federal aid??? (in addition to other federal money)

Seems like a swinging and mess by you

Never been the same since he left new berry park.

Could the FloTrack video guy pls say "let's go!!" a few more times? I don't think ~30 times in a 21 minute video was enough.