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Saturday, September 16, 2006

More About College Tennis


One of the bloggers I read regularly is Nina Rota, who has been following Benjamin Becker long before he made his media debut in New York. In this post she is at the Claremont Futures in California, talking with Jeff Zeller and Harsh Mankad about foreign players on U.S. college teams.

Liza Horan of tenniswire.org wrote about the issue during the U.S. Open. She wisely discussed the topic with Marcia Frost and quotes her often in this post.

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

Colette and readers...any news on the 87's and a few 88 boys that have taken the year off to make their "decision?" The boys would be Fugate, Levine, Seguso, and Clayton and thats all I can think of right now. Smyczek is going pro, how 'bout Shabaz too? What about Canadians Bester, Marrack and Polansky? Just curious.

Anonymous said...

In the 2nd article it said there were no American players starting for Pepperdine this past year, that's not true, Richard Johnson started for them.

I think it's pretty funny about Ben Becker becoming this big story because he wasn't even the #1 guy on his own team at Baylor. A rematch of the 2003 NCAA Finals occurred today when once again Amer Delic(Illinois) beat Benedict Dorsch(Baylor) in the semis of the New Orleans challenger.

Anonymous said...

Can't speak for the others but Shabaz is going to UVA.

Colette Lewis said...

Levine is going to play Futures/Challengers for a year, but has not ruled out college

Anonymous said...

I heard a rumor about Fugate going to Ohio State, not confirmed. Couldn't that be a contractual issue with IMG. What would happen?

Anonymous said...

When you combine the number of foreign players on men's collegiate teams with the NCAA/Title Nine limit of 4.5 scholarships for men, the opportunities are relatively poor for American male players to have their college expenses covered.

Anonymous said...

"When you combine the number of foreign players on men's collegiate teams with the NCAA/Title Nine limit of 4.5 scholarships for men, the opportunities are relatively poor for American male players to have their college expenses covered."

That's right on the money. I know the US is supposed to take care of the rest of the world and all its problems, but what about looking out for your own? I guess it is illegal to discriminate against international players?

Anonymous said...

Fugate is apparently trying to get out of his contract. I also heard he is interested in Ohio State. Clayton is only going to be a senior this year, but on tennisrecruiting.net, Harvard is the only school he has listed to be interested in.

Anonymous said...

I know Shabaz pretty well and he hasnt been in school since 8th grade. How can he get into college? Isn't UVA a decent school?

Anonymous said...

I doubt Levine will go to college. He hasn't exactly taken the conventional route that most juniors take when they plan on going to college. Is Tim Neilly going to college?

Anonymous said...

TITLE 9....probably the biggest joke of all time. I am all for equal rights, but explain to me how this is equal...women don't have football teams taking 70 scholarships. So now correct me if I am wrong but womens tennis teams get 8.5 while the men get 4.5? would it be all that terrible to give 6.5 to each? I would be satisfied with 6 giving the women 7. Somebody please explain this absoloutely pitiful situation called TITLE 9.

Anonymous said...

With regard to Bester, it is my understanding that he signed with IMG when he was something like 13 years old, so I don't think college is an option for him.

With regard to Shabaz not going to school, perhaps he was home schooled and then did well on the SAT. This isn't that uncommon. Academically speaking, some kids learn better in a non-school setting. The social mix is what they miss.

Anonymous said...

I would not say title 9 is a joke. When you look at the development of women's sports since it took effect in the late 1970's, the growth is amazing. BUT...that is not to say I agree with it's current status. It now discriminates against males in minor sports instead of women. Football scholarships should be taken out of the balancing act (and paid for by the NFL since college teams are their training programs anyway!) and scholarships should then be split evenly among the remaining men's and women's sports.

Anonymous said...

I would be more than overjoyed if they would take the football scholarships out of the equation. Things would become even and I would have no room to complain...but this is a giant flaw in title 9 because its really not even close to be fair. I agree though football scholarships out of the equation=fair.