05-19-2013, 10:01 PM
Janet was a distance swimmer, and therefore needed to log big time hours in the pool to maintain her Olympic form. As I recall, the concern was that the NCAA rules would leave her at a unique competitive disadvantage. She liked the UT coaches/program/method or whatever, so went there to train for the Olympics. I would not be shocked if personality conflicts or coaching philosophies were problematic at Stanford too, but to those of us on campus the Olympic training explanation made sense.
Her desired pre-Olympic training definitely would leave her unable to maintain NCAA eligibility, so once she was on the Olympic training program there was no return. And once free from the NCAA she could also get endorsement deals and appearance fees. She definitely swam for Stanford swimming for two years right after Stanford swimming took home the NCAA team title. So I guess she shares some things in common with Tiger since Tiger came to the golf team right after they won a title, and then left after two years to get away from the NCAA.
Her desired pre-Olympic training definitely would leave her unable to maintain NCAA eligibility, so once she was on the Olympic training program there was no return. And once free from the NCAA she could also get endorsement deals and appearance fees. She definitely swam for Stanford swimming for two years right after Stanford swimming took home the NCAA team title. So I guess she shares some things in common with Tiger since Tiger came to the golf team right after they won a title, and then left after two years to get away from the NCAA.