I'm kind of surprised Arthur Berman didn't respond to this one before I
got a chance.  Suffice it to say that I disagree with Mr. Winer's
comments about immigration of players and that I DO detect a note of
jingoism.
 
The specific element I want to respond to is his comment that Title IX
has ruined college wrestling.  Title IX has done absolutely no such
thing.  What has hurt minor sport athletics is the response of football
dominated athletic departments to a combination of Title IX and budget
constraints.  Football still gobbles up 85 scholarships and an amazing
amount of revenues.  And, before anyone brings it up, football LOSES
money at the vast majority of Div I schools.  Cut it down to 45-50
scholarships, cut down bloated coaching staffs and forego that new
practice facility, and people would be amazed at the freedom that the
rest of the athletic department would have.  Hey, more schools might
decide to offer hockey.
 
J. Michael Neal
 
Larry Winer wrote:
>
> The Army Coach is Rob Riley (the first family of American hockey coaches).
> The service academies have an advantage- they can only recruit American
> players- I mean the "schools" we are talking about are American schools and
> in an era when we are discussing immigration policies etc- we ought to
> rethink the mass importation of foreign athletes into NCAA sports (it's not
> just hockey- foreign athletes have ruined US track and field and swimming and
> before we hockey people slam the NCAA- look what has happened to the great
> sport of collegiate wrestling due to lunacy in enforcement of  Title IX).  In
> the past two years Rob Riley's Black Knights have tied and beaten Cornell;
> beat UM Duluth; Northeastern; RPI; Yale; tied Union and Princeton- they are
> not an easy 2 points for anyone and they play with gusto. USMA does have a
> decent prep school draw and for an eastern player it is "home" and they will
> be seen by friends and relatives. Army has played out West (Minnesota-Alaska)
> and has done a great job of bringing in a contingent from Mn, Ak, and Mi.
> National champs no- competitive and exciting yes. It seems to me that Doug
> Woog makes do with American boys. Query- now that Cornell has a Slovakian
> does that mean we have 3 anthems before the game. Please I am not a
> "jingoist". I just think it is lunacy and counterproductive to our own
> interests not to give preferences to our own American players who's parents
> pay the taxes that subsidize the schools.
>
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