If you've ever met Wetmore, it is pretty easy to discern that his singular focus is on running. If you've ever met Heather, you will find that her focus is almost entirely on running as well (used to get caught doing training runs at night around Boulder when she was a student). I guess their union makes sense in that they both finally met someone who was as obsessed with running as the other.
this is new?
I can't believe this thread is on its 6th page. We get it. BUTTHOLE doesn't think its 'right' or 'fair' that one team can have 7 international athletes on the line. He wants the NCAA rules changed. Got it. However, there are lots of reasons against such a rule. Got that too.
END OF THREAD.
You have great logic. So maybe we should give them our money also, since they are stealing opportunities away from American teenagers.
Someone who'd know... wrote:
BUTTHOLE SURFER wrote:
As a former athlete who came up through the U.S. ranks from high school, college and professionally and competed against many international athletes at the NCAA level and beyond I am more than qualified to weigh in on this.
Actually it doesn't qualify you to weigh in on this unless you have coached at a mid major DI school. But at least we know why you're so butt hurt over this. Sorry you couldn't keep up with the foreigners...
There would be less complaint if English colleges were recruiting American runners. Where is the two-way street?
All this just so some college teams can WIN
the most important thing in the world is to WIN
These scenarios will take care of themselves really soon once the ncaa adopts the 5.0 equivalency for cross country.
No longer will a school be able to dump 10-12 scholarships on distance runners (international or home grown). Wetmore will still have success but imagine if he only has 5.0 wrapped up in distance. Oregon will clean up.
Now you guy really want to get upset. I am an American running in Europe and they won’t let me even run in thier nation meets. They use me to qualify for European team champ competitions then won’t let me go cuz I’m a foreigner. Will let me race but not in the biggest meets, yet 2 kids I ran against just scored fulls to US schools. You really can get more rotten then that.
Chud brogan wrote:
These scenarios will take care of themselves really soon once the ncaa adopts the 5.0 equivalency for cross country.
No longer will a school be able to dump 10-12 scholarships on distance runners (international or home grown). Wetmore will still have success but imagine if he only has 5.0 wrapped up in distance. Oregon will clean up.
Right. But in this scenario, there will be even less scholarships for distance runners, let alone American ones. Is that better or worse for athletic development? Why would that stop anyone from recruiting internationally? With less money, wouldn't it make sense to go after "ringers?"
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