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Roster Caps Incoming: Swimming Set For Tough Transition to New Era<\/b><\/p>\n

When the ongoing college swimming season ends, so will hundreds of athletic careers as the sport enters a phase of massive upheaval. The introduction of NIL earning potential to collegians, the creation of the transfer portal and conference realignment have all created new obstacles for the sport, but the incoming roster limits will be devastating.<\/span><\/p>\n

Per a settlement in the <\/span>House v. NCAA<\/span><\/i> federal case in which former Arizona State swimmer <\/span>Grant House<\/b> was the lead plaintiff, colleges will be allowed to share revenue with athletes. Instead of limiting scholarship money doled out to each sport, rosters will have hard caps with universities given the option to offer full scholarships to all members. Walk-ons will no longer exist. This new model will apply in Division I major conferences (the SEC, ACC, Big Ten and Big 12) plus any other conferences who opt in and thus receive clearance to distribute money directly to athletes.<\/span><\/p>\n

The previous scholarship limits in swimming and diving<\/a> were 14 for women and 9.9 for men, with the money typically split into a greater number of partial scholarships. But beginning with the 2025-26 academic year, each program will max out at 30 participants<\/a>. Conferences can institute lower totals at their discretion, a likely outcome for men in most major conferences, and the SEC has already settled on 22 spots for men.<\/span><\/p>\n

Currently, most teams in the conference have rosters of around 40 swimmers and divers per gender. Athletes who lose their spot could opt to remain at their schools and keep their guaranteed scholarship money or seek an opportunity elsewhere.<\/span><\/p>\n

The specter of these changes has loomed all season. Across all non-revenue sports<\/a>, coaches have informed current athletes and incoming recruits that they are losing their spots. Universities will be even more motivated to cut swimming programs so they can devote scholarship money toward high-revenue sports. It\u2019s a disheartening situation yielding broken promises and hurt feelings, and not a single person involved with the sport, including House, is pleased.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bob Bowman at the Paris Olympics — Photo Courtesy: Andrea Masini \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto<\/p><\/div>\n

Bob Bowman<\/b>, the men\u2019s head coach at the University of Texas and the architect of last year\u2019s national title-winning team at Arizona State<\/a>, spoke recently about his expectations for roster reductions in the coming months and its impact on his team. Bowman told <\/span>Yahoo Sports<\/span><\/i>, \u201cThat\u2019s going to be an agonizing process. It\u2019s going to eliminate what I love most about coaching \u2014 developing a diamond in the rough.\u201d He added that the overhaul to the NCAA system puts Olympic sports \u201cin jeopardy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In an appearance on the <\/span>Unfiltered Waters<\/span><\/i><\/a> podcast<\/a> with Olympic medalists <\/span>Missy Franklin<\/b> and <\/span>Katie Hoff<\/b>, Bowman gave further insights into his thought process as he prepares to essentially halve his Longhorns roster, needing to drop from 41 swimmers to 22.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve tried to be as transparent as I can be,\u201d Bowman said. \u201cWe just haven\u2019t put our head in the sand and acted like it\u2019s not happening. In the first meeting we talked about it and everyone knows. What we have tried to do is make it as objective as we can. Everybody here has a chance and has had a chance over the last six months to kind of put their best foot forward, and then we kind of look at the numbers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The blunt reality, Bowman said, is that if \u201cyou haven\u2019t swum a time that would score any points at SECs, you\u2019re not going to be moving forward.\u201d He added, \u201cWe\u2019re here to help you with your next thing,\u201d suggesting that he and his staff would coordinate and advocate on behalf of the many Texas swimmers who will undoubtedly enter the transfer portal and seek opportunities to compete at other schools. Bowman added that he hoped to obtain waivers on behalf of his swimmers to enter the transfer portal before its official window to get a head start on finding a new team.<\/span><\/p>\n

In response to Bowman\u2019s answers, Franklin and Hoff expressed relief that swimming could depend on time to judge swimmers\u2019 abilities, but decisions on the final few roster spots in the coming months will surely be among the most excruciating any coach is forced to make for their entire careers. Given the heavy emphasis on sprint events and relays, the pressure will likely be felt most heavily in stroke, distance and medley groups around the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

There will be few winners with these new roster caps coming to swimming and diving. Coaches will be forced to make gut-wrenching decisions, and swimmers will choose between ending their careers sooner than expected or starting over at a new college. However, there are no better options if college swimming is to survive into the next era of larger intercollegiate athletics.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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