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Lsu Women's tennis regional champions
Posted on 5/5/25 at 8:03 pm
Posted on 5/5/25 at 8:03 pm
I don't think I have seen that in my lifetime, or maybe I haven't followed close enough
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Posted on 5/5/25 at 8:22 pm to Gdellinger
Great stuff, finally have some legit coaches…
Posted on 5/5/25 at 8:35 pm to Gdellinger
Can they get base hits or throw strikes?
Posted on 5/6/25 at 11:02 am to JimmyMcGoo
State just passed law minimum to no more scholarship money for foreign players for Louisiana colleges. 99% or more D1; NAIA, D2 colleges are all foreign players.
Posted on 5/6/25 at 11:11 am to Gdellinger
We got a good womens tennis coach
Posted on 5/6/25 at 12:59 pm to Gdellinger
They're in the Sweet 16 for the first time in 25 yrs. Geaux Tigers.
Posted on 5/6/25 at 1:52 pm to Swampcat
Not sure how I got a down vote; more opportunities for American players to play collegiate tennis at state and federal funded colleges and universities which we pay the taxes for. Literally 90% and I’m being kind are all foreign players.
This post was edited on 5/6/25 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 5/6/25 at 10:32 pm to Swampcat
To the down voter if that was your son or daughter and it was college baseball, football and say basketball where 99% of all the collegiate players were foreigners on scholarship after all the time, practice, money, travel etc that was put in you would see it much deferentially!
Posted on 5/7/25 at 10:17 am to Swampcat
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To the down voter if that was your son or daughter and it was college baseball, football and say basketball where 99% of all the collegiate players were foreigners on scholarship after all the time, practice, money, travel etc that was put in you would see it much deferentially!
Any stats to back up your allegations of "90% or 99% foreigners!!!"?
Posted on 5/7/25 at 11:15 am to IvoryBillMatt
Just go look at in state rosters alone. If this happened in baseball, football and basketball Americans / parents would be furious. I am not saying don’t recruit foreign players maybe at for example 20% but to have an entire roster or close to it made of of foreign players is just wrong. Saying that these are exceptional young people and they to work very hard at their sport. But think about it for a second, if these international players had the universities / college tennis programs at the rate America does in their countries would they like it if the roles were reversed?
Coaches and these schools have been getting away with this for years. Even to the point of saying sorry I don’t normally recruit American players.
While I do understand the competitive nature of all collegiate sports I think we must and can do better by our American youth. What is the point of working so hard since many of these players from 4,5,6 etc years of age. Many people are just unaware becuz most American youth are very much involved in the other more popular sports. There are some smaller private schools that do recruit Americans to a degree but that is only becuz either limited scholarships or can not recruit more foreign players.
I will say it will be harder for these coaches who coach female players becuz it is harder to find very good female players at the moment from America.
Coaches and these schools have been getting away with this for years. Even to the point of saying sorry I don’t normally recruit American players.
While I do understand the competitive nature of all collegiate sports I think we must and can do better by our American youth. What is the point of working so hard since many of these players from 4,5,6 etc years of age. Many people are just unaware becuz most American youth are very much involved in the other more popular sports. There are some smaller private schools that do recruit Americans to a degree but that is only becuz either limited scholarships or can not recruit more foreign players.
I will say it will be harder for these coaches who coach female players becuz it is harder to find very good female players at the moment from America.
Posted on 5/7/25 at 1:17 pm to Swampcat
Tulane has 2 out of 8 foreign players.
Posted on 5/7/25 at 1:24 pm to GeauxtigersMs36
If you made college tennis just American players the product would be horrific
I couldn’t imagine how bad it would be
I couldn’t imagine how bad it would be
Posted on 5/7/25 at 1:35 pm to Swampcat
Hopefully this doesn’t pass. If so the men’s golf program is dead. Ranked #7 but coach is from England so excellent ties.
Hilarious to put LSU athletics at a competitive disadvantage, the one thing in the state that represents well on a national scale.
Our men’s basketball team just signed four international players. Hopefully this isn’t true so jim bob’s Tiffany gets the scholarship instead
Hilarious to put LSU athletics at a competitive disadvantage, the one thing in the state that represents well on a national scale.
Our men’s basketball team just signed four international players. Hopefully this isn’t true so jim bob’s Tiffany gets the scholarship instead
This post was edited on 5/7/25 at 1:37 pm
Posted on 5/7/25 at 1:52 pm to Swampcat
quote:
ust go look at in state rosters alone. If this happened in baseball, football and basketball Americans / parents would be furious. I am not saying don’t recruit foreign players maybe at for example 20% but to have an entire roster or close to it made of of foreign players is just wrong. Saying that these are exceptional young people and they to work very hard at their sport. But think about it for a second, if these international players had the universities / college tennis programs at the rate America does in their countries would they like it if the roles were reversed?
Coaches and these schools have been getting away with this for years. Even to the point of saying sorry I don’t normally recruit American players.
While I do understand the competitive nature of all collegiate sports I think we must and can do better by our American youth. What is the point of working so hard since many of these players from 4,5,6 etc years of age. Many people are just unaware becuz most American youth are very much involved in the other more popular sports. There are some smaller private schools that do recruit Americans to a degree but that is only becuz either limited scholarships or can not recruit more foreign players.
I will say it will be harder for these coaches who coach female players becuz it is harder to find very good female players at the moment from America.
Just so I understand this correctly, you have no problem with LSU going to shite in multiple sports due to recruiting international athletes? I am all for nationalism but this is fricking dumb when our competitors are given an uneven playing field.
you're basically tanking an athletic program that is one of maybe like five things that don't completely embarrass the state. But this would be very par for the course for Jeff Landry.
Posted on 5/7/25 at 2:14 pm to tigerbait2010
If you want more Americans represented in competitive college tennis, it needs to start prior to the college level. Cutting athletic scholarships to foreign players only limits the quality of competition.
Posted on 5/7/25 at 2:34 pm to ShacReed
This is much more than tennis anyway. Our swimming, golf, and track programs will be toast too. And again we signed four international players for men’s basketball 
I don’t think any of this will come to fruition anyway but definitely wanted to mention the difference in nationalism and being fricking dumb
I don’t think any of this will come to fruition anyway but definitely wanted to mention the difference in nationalism and being fricking dumb
Posted on 5/7/25 at 3:22 pm to Swampcat
See, this wasn't hard. Just say "majority of tennis players......"
quote:
Percentage of International Tennis Scholarship Players
In the United States, the percentage of international athletes in college tennis programs is notably high. For men's tennis at the NCAA Division 1 level, 61% of players were from outside the U.S. in 2022.
Similarly, for women's tennis at the NCAA Division 1 level, 66% of players were international athletes in 2022.
AI-generated answer. Please verify critical facts.
Posted on 5/7/25 at 3:28 pm to JimmyMcGoo
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Can they get base hits or throw strikes?
You probably thought that was funny when typing it………it’s not!
Posted on 5/7/25 at 3:34 pm to ShacReed
quote:This is correct
If you want more Americans represented in competitive college tennis, it needs to start prior to the college level. Cutting athletic scholarships to foreign players only limits the quality of competition.
My graduating year, 2006, 3 of us from Louisiana got D1 tennis scholarships
That was exactly the amount that should have received them. Anymore would have been a joke based on level
This post was edited on 5/7/25 at 3:35 pm
Posted on 5/7/25 at 3:52 pm to tigerbait2010
The issue is there are American players that can compete but being blindly over looked. No way an American funded university should have no Americans on their roster.
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