re: Why is Haleigh Bryant not on the U.S. Olympic team?

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College gymnastics has come a long long way from the time that no Olympian's were competing in college.

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The advent of NIL and the ability to capitalize monetarily from the Olympics and still maintain "amateur student athelete" status is probably the main driver of that.

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Color me pleasantly surprised that a number of people gave smart, educated answers to this.

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Goes to show a few things:

LSU has a gymnastics fan base. Anybody that pays attention to the attendance knows that, but people are really invested in this team, or program moreso than just this team. I've been following for a few years and learn a little more every year.

The other thing is that the LSU fans that are the chicken little or snarky types that permeate the fan bases of other sports haven't yet decided to come into gymnastics threads that aren't about Livvy Dunne. Gymnastics threads are a breath of fresh air, for now.