The Post Olympic Break : Speakers & Interviews

Good point Brendan made about possible support from USA swimming. The US swimming team is responsible for the lion's share of the medal haul at every Olympics, the least USA Swimming and/or the USOC can do is pay them a stipend of some sort in order for them to keep going. I'm sure the publicity they create for USA swimming or the USA itself at international meets is more than enough to pay for it.

Hey Bren, love the communist pockets. - your boy.

Brendan is the pinnacle of class. These guys are awesome. Its nice to know they're so relatable :)

If we want our great swimmers to continue to train... we need to support them. Absolutely true.

Did anyone see the piece on Tony Austin's blog talking about professional athletes using Talent Agencies to promote our gifted and quite beautiful swimmers to the public?
So that they can continue to swim as "professional swimmers"?
http://scaq.blogspot.com/
(Stephanie Rice piece $465,000)
Surely USA Swimming is weighing all of the options to support our great professional swimmers.
At the same time supporting our up and coming athletes, the programs, and coaches guiding these swimmers as well.
When does our USA Swimming Federation turn over the guidance of the "professionals" to the "talent agenicies"?
I'm definitely NOT saying that they must, but perhaps the athletes should be looking outside for help now that they have the go ahead to do so.
To be true professionals.
It has not been so long ago that athletes were prohibited to accept any type of sponsorship $$ to assist their training efforts.
It does seem that these swimmers deserve a heck of a lot more than "$$ below living expenses" to train as they do for the USA and our sport of swimming.
I'm just not sure it is up to USA Swimming alone to provide their entire living income.
Last question. Are there other swimming "Agent Reps" beside Evan Morgenstein out there?
Not that there is anything wrong with Evan, but he seems to be the only name I have seen tossed in the media.
Good luck swimmers.
If you think there is a way that I can help, just ask. I certainly am not criticizing without offering to support here.
The swimming community is FULL of potential sponsor companies, employing former swimmers (and even masters swimmers) who could step up and offer advice here - and assistance.
Is Floswimming big enough to reach those swimmers yet?
I think it is -
NO Anonymos Coward posting allowed.
Be brave and step up - help - support your sport, swimming.

Glad to have a new video.The weekends are when I get to spend more time on your site and it is really disheartening when there are no new videos. This one was straightforward and showed that the olympians can have heart for the future swimmers from less privileged communities. It also shows that they are feeling the crunch of the times. Even star athletes are feeling the financial crunch. Good luck to both.

whoever it was, they need to get a life. i guess their past time is coming on floswimming and unfairly dogging one of the best breaststrokers in history while they realize that nothing they ever do in life will be as great. good call in deleting their post.

anti-coward....do you realize that if you dont type something in the box for your name it is automatically posted as "anonymous coward?" all the anonymous coward comments are not posted by the same person

anonymous coward: you are full of negative things, no one agrees with what you have to say, you're annoying, you should just stop posting comments. it's sad that you have said so many negative things on basically every video garret puts up that you take away from the actual video.

So....hansen and jones are stand up guys, very classy, they are great ambassadors for the sports of swimming. with their communication skills and personality i'm sure they will succeed in life without swimming (if that's the route they choose or the one that will come with time)