I'm not convinced that lazy NCAA coaches bringing in rosters of 13:30-40 failed pro Kenyans contributes to our Universities' international reputation or our position on the world stage. If you have noticed there is actually a pretty consistent inverse correlation between the academic merit of an institution and the amount of Kenyans on their squad. I fact I don't think there is a single one in the Ivy League.
I have no problem with our colleges getting the "best people", if we are talking about geniuses that go to MIT and such. However, American public universities exist primarily to serve the state residents that fund them. This is why in-state residents are often given an easier time getting in and academic scholarships that are not available for other residents. If you want to hypocrisy burn me and call all of this DEI, again that gaslighting doesn't phase me as I have previously explained.
Limiting foreign scholarships will not turn the NCAA into a "JV league", I'm not suggesting giving these scholarships to 4:30 milers. What I am saying as if the scholarship is between an American 17 year old that has run 8:55 and a Kenyan 10 years older that is a bit faster, it should go the American. I would expect any other country to do the same. While my personal 5k PR might make me one of the fastest men in many small European countries, I do not expect them to pay for my 200,000 dollar University education over someone who is born there and will stay there after. I'm not sure why the U.S. is held to some other standard.