NCAA Will Vote on Eliminating Volunteer Assistants, Expanding Coaching Staffs
Chase Kreitler (above) was a volunteer assistant at Texas before going on to win an NCAA title as a full-time assistant at Cal. He’s now the head coach at Pitt.
NCAA Convention: Travel & Training Expense Reform Among Proposals
At the 2020 NCAA Convention, delegates will discuss a rule change that would allow athletes to accept money to cover training expenses & travel for parents.
NCAA to add long course meters back into rulebook as ‘approved course’
Among the headline-grabbing NCAA rule changes we reported on last week is another impactful update: the NCAA will add long course meters as an approved course for college swim meets next season.
INSTANT ANALYSIS: NCAA adopts FINA rules on underwater breaststroke pullouts
College breaststrokers like returning NCAA champ Will Licon will get to swim under updated pullout rules beginning next season.
University of Hawaii mulling sports cuts, including men’s and women’s swimming & diving
The University of Hawaii is considering a proposal to cut up to three of its sports teams, with men’s and women’s swimming & diving among the prime candidates, the Pacific Business Journal reports.
NCAA Unlimited Contact Rules to Go to Vote of DI Member Institutions
With 75 member institutions requesting an override, the rules proposing unlimited contact with recruits during the allowed period will now go to a vote of the whole membership. (Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
Justin Bieber Finally Meets Missy Franklin at his Denver Concert
Swim News: “Missy Franklin goes backstage at Bieber’s Colorado concert tour stop.” (Swim Photo Credit: MF)
Sprint News 11/8/12: Canadian NAG Record Broken; NCAA Clarifies Transfer, Instagram Guidelines
…A couple of weeks ago in Vancouver at the VPSC Decathlon, 14-year old Tim Zeng broke a Canadian National Age…