JJxvi said:
Complete Idiot said:
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Method Man said:
TjgtAg08 said:
Method Man said:
The ncaa should limit the number of foreign players on every team. They won't of course.
That would be insane and illegal.
But, maybe there could be limitations placed on former professionals. Maybe only 1 per roster and/or limit them to only 1-2 years of eligibility.
Why would it be insane? Legality can be changed. I've thought this for years since my kids play tennis and about 65% of female college tennis players are foreign born. How would it look if every college athlete in a conference was foreign born? Not that it would happen but that it could is ridiculous.
It would be insane because it would be extremely discriminatory, hateful and illegal. Why do you care about the number of foreign-born athletes in a given college sport? Are American-born athletes somehow more entitled to a spot on a college program than those born outside the US?
Thats just a WILD thing to say. If American college athletes don't like their spots being taken by foreign athletes, then freaking work harder and get better. As long as we aren't talking about professional vs non-professional, what your saying is just down right ignorant.
And "legality can change?" Jesus man. Sure, I guess it can. We can also change laws to limit athletes of a certain skin color or religious beliefs as well.
You are being over dramatic.
Other countries often limit how many foreigners can be on their pro teams. And these countries have nothing like the opportunity of college sports. USA is just too stupid to realize we are developing foreign talent without reciprocity.
Just for example, I live in Missouri. Zero players on the mens Missouri State soccer team are from usa. ZERO. Of 26. Dumb as hell.
While perhaps I understand the emotional intent, I don't understand the logic behind TjgtAg08's reply. For example, Missouri State is a public college that - like all public colleges - was formed to educate, at least primarily, residents of the state it is in. Missouri State, and other public universities, are funded by state coffers, federal and state grants, the student's tuitions, and private donations. Despite their original charter, and funding, their entire soccer team is not only from out of the state but out of the USA? I feel like this does deny opportunity for the community these schools were designed to provide for. And why? To win more at a sport? Is the school's purpose to win sports, or provide foreigners opportunity to immigrate to the US? It does seem odd to me. I get it completely for professional sports because their sole purpose IS to win and to make money for an owner, the owner being a private individual and not the public (state and federal). But a public university?
The administrators for schools view "winning at sports" as equivalent to "marketing the university"
and that's the thing.... If other schools don't have the opportunity to create an all foreign old man all star roster- everyone is on more of an equal footing.. Schools would go back to recruiting the best coach they can get to develop American players and market the school based upon their success.
The current situation with college sports (the non-revenue ones, but I'd say this is filtering even into men's basketball and football now)-- is that the college opportunities for incoming American freshmen are becoming much more limited. Then, as a parent, you do the cost/benefit analysis and it makes absolutely no sense to invest the resources to give your kid a chance at getting to that level of play (it already didn't make sense for most--- but now the situation is that much worse).
So then you have more American kids seeing that, dropping out from training, and the field gets even more diluted with foreigners to fill the gap. In reality, it's so bad, the "minor" college sports would be better off at this point if schools stopped doing sports scholarships, have real student-athletes play for their teams, and created regional conferences for those minor sports (will never happen, but better the situation at present). I see this first hand in men's tennis. The opportunities for American men in college are almost non-existent unless going D3, or an elite player, or willing to be a bench warmer for 4 years. Many, many coaches just recruit foreign, period. When kids come to me and ask about college tennis (coach tennis lessons on the side)- I discourage it unless they want to go D3 and can pay for it.
