Swimming Blogs - Scott Hays
Lack of interest in Swimming in the U.S.
August 21, 2008
To start with, I'm a long stretch off from a professional blogger. I'm just a guy with a few random thoughts. I've been reading different forums with thoughts on why swimming will or won't stay in the forefront of the minds of Americans over the next 4 years until the 2012 Olympics, Michael Phelps or no Michael Phelps.
Here's a couple of thoughts.
1) I have no facts, but I'm willing to bet there's probably 30-40% of the population of this country that doesn't know how to swim. They have no idea what it takes, just to swim. Of those,… more »

