[unclechuck]

WIM - I was thinking just US team, as I expect Nanc3y was. If you watched much of the swimming it was clear that Franklin was really enjoying and flourishing in the strong team environment that the US had this year. Alas, there were no Stanford based teammates around during their pre-Olympic training camp in France or during their time in the Olympic Village to extol the virtues of the athletic/academic experience available in Palo Alto.

Worse still was the surfeit of dirty bares to spin their vile tales of some urban Shangri La NW of Palo Alto.

A swimmer like Franklin could have a Wiggins/Luck level impact on a college swim team, so I just hate to see Stanford miss out on making its best case for that to happen in Palo Alto.

[unclechuck]

WIM - I was thinking just US team, as I expect Nanc3y was. If you watched much of the swimming it was clear that Franklin was really enjoying and flourishing in the strong team environment that the US had this year. Alas, there were no Stanford based teammates around during their pre-Olympic training camp in France or during their time in the Olympic Village to extol the virtues of the athletic/academic experience available in Palo Alto.

Worse still was the surfeit of dirty bares to spin their vile tales of some urban Shangri La NW of Palo Alto.

A swimmer like Franklin could have a Wiggins/Luck level impact on a college swim team, so I just hate to see Stanford miss out on making its best case for that to happen in Palo Alto.