Today on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we are discussing all things college swimming… plus Kate Douglass’s world record in Incheon.
- 0:00 SwimSwam Breakdown Introduction
- 0:40 Kate Douglass World Record
- 5:14 2024 NCAA Rundown
- 17:13 2026 Recruiting Classes
- 29:14 House v. NCAA
SINK or SWIM
- 44:07 Will Cal freshman Yamato Okadome win an NCAA title this year?
- 48:13 Will the Tennessee women be the team to dethrone Virginia if/when it happens?
- 52:46 Will the top 3 men’s teams all be within 20 points this year at NCAAs?
From the Yahoo Sports article 10/25/24 – “Plaintiff attorneys are “working” with the NCAA and power leagues for solutions, Berman said, including a transitional period in which those currently on a roster are grandfathered into the system.” That sounds interesting.
Stop defending that clown 🤡🤡
I very much disagree with the idea that Grant House isn’t at fault. You mentioned that nobody could have foreseen the outcome, but on this I think you are incorrect as well. Someone from a sport which does not make any money for a school, should have definitely known better than to “rock the boat”. Anyone who knows college sports knows that there is a constant battle to keep funds from getting shifted to football and basketball, and anything that upsets the status quo just ends up giving more to those programs at the expense of everyone else.
The final settlement is what matters. Big money talks, there is no such thing as student athletes anymore in D1 sports. Look no further than the rumors out of the SEC. Male swimming roster caps at 22 when the settlement calls for up to 30. SEC is all about football and baseball (who can now give up to 105/34 respectfully), swimming, not so much …
Yeah, now that we’ve removed the veil of amateurism, it makes me wonder how schools will handle athletes skipping class, bad grades, etc.
If you’re paying someone a ton of money to play football between revenue sharing and NIL, and they’re helping your team win, are you really going to care that they skipped class?
Does NCAA have a standard?
I imagine a lot more one and domes who flunk out after not meeting standards to even be on academic probation.
How does this affect the Division 3 schools?
Biggest change to D3 so far is eliminating the year-in-residence rules for transfers.
There hasn’t been much talk about whether D3 schools are going to continue to get hit with legislation if D1 settles. My sense is that the attorneys won’t see enough juice there to pursue it in any serious way, but IDK.
D3 athletes can certainly partake in NIL activities now, though.
Hook’em