Orange wrote:

I think it's really good that students don't want to join clubs. why so much HATE?

 Yez Thats Wrong

 

I competed at the Olympics with diabetes and colitis and you're all whining about some teenagers stealing your seats...pussys

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Nike Sponsor wrote:

Sir Steve Redgrave wrote:

I competed at the Olympics with diabetes and colitis and you're all whining about some teenagers stealing your seats...pussys

Thats very fair

  there is so much hate out there for these guys who WANT to make the sport better and all you hot heads want to ruin the clubs by saying no one good can join!

Very soft and weak

Sculler wrote:

This is moving away from the actual topic, any meaningful discussion and heading to a name calling playground. 

Top end students - those in full-time training and/or top programmes do not have a place in club events. 
The point about increasing quality is true, yes. But, the way to do that isn't to bring in top athletes and pretend they are of club quality and shove away smaller clubs hopes to even see day 1. If you have to bring in students are you competing in the club event or are you reducing it to who has the best contacts? 

A caveat to this is, of course, what do you do with students who are showing huge promise but their university club is not deep enough to field a boat? Perhaps for some individuals, they should make the case to the stewards if they are a sole competitor of the institution and/or there is no other way for them to compete to be allowed in club boats. But, club boats full of students is daft (we could argue one from here one from there comes under that etc) perhaps there needs to be a limit on the number of them allowed in boats similar to past club event winners rule that came in? 

Thames did a fantastic job and proved themselves worthy of the intermediate event - Thames is on its way to being an intermediate event factory. At some point in the future, the Thames name will be for intermediate events only and they will need to begin looking at a paper club to pump athletes into the club event. 
 

Hey Dustin,

I have a great idea. Maybe immigration officers should ask everyone coming into the country if they are Americans coming to race at Henley in club events. If they are they should be deported. Sent right back from whence they came. I think this is the only way to make sure that this is taken care of. What do all of you think?

We can't haven them in the country at all costs. If they land here who knows what they will do. First our club events, what next our women?

Lock your wives up!