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🏅How to save Olympic Diving
According to Team USA's Olympic diving coach, the House Settlement could kill the sport
Hey there,
According to national team coach Drew Johansen, USA diving is on the brink overtaking the Chinese at the Olympics. But there’s one big problem: Rev-share. If the NCAA adopts a rev-share model, small budget programs like diving will be hit hard… and potentially erased from college campuses.
In a recent piece, Johansen offered up four solutions to save college diving – we’re going to evaluate those solutions here today. And don’t worry, you don’t have to know anything about diving – this story is important regardless. In the end, we’re really just talking about about whether the college sports world is committed to supporting Olympic sports at all.
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— Cole, Justin and Collin
How to save Olympic Diving
On September 13th, the diving coach for Team USA (and Indiana University) put out an Op-Ed that caught my eye. In it, coach Drew Johansen argued that the House Settlement could kill Team USA’s chances at winning gold in the 2028 L.A. Olympics – not just in diving, but a myriad of other sports too.
Let’s talk about diving specifically though. Johansen claims the United States diving program is close to surpassing the Chinese – if he’s right, that would be quite the feat. China just swept the event with eight gold medals in Paris. The United States, on the other hand, only took home a singular silver medal.
But to him, the past is the past, and everything seems to be lining up well for the U.S. in 2028:
“I believe the USA has a great chance to overtake China in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. We have the talent, the coaches, the facilities, the technology and, in L.A., we will have the full support of the nation as we compete.”
But there’s a catch.
