Uncle B wrote:
Lickety Split wrote:
- Never said that foreign student-athletes COULD NOT compete, just that they are INELIGIBLE to be considered an "All-American."
Never heard this shite when the Irish and English were providing many of the top foreign runners.
Not true, as the issue of foreign athletes has been ongoing since All-America certificates have been given out and expanded numbers were included. I still remember discussions back around 1975 about this topic and it included Irish and English. However, the issue also included age as some foreigners were quite old. That issue eventually resulted in new rules about when the competitive clock starts for D1. D2 used the semester rules, that enabled over age individuals to compete at D2 without being penalized.