It wont be long before the NIL causes the ncaa to consider international students as employees and therefor need an H-1B visa.

And then flood gates.

I thought this message was going to highlight that our student section is only impressive (and therefore a recruiting tool) when we have a large group of visiting foreigners in it.

That too!

I purposely used the word "foreigner" because it is accurate. When I'm in another country I refer to myself as a foreigner in that country. "International student" is just another euphemism. Apparently, you need to look at the calendar, this is the year many euphemisms are being laid to rest. I'd give some examples, but I don't want to send this thread to Siberia.

You don't need to explain it, just ignore this nonsense.

Yep, I don't mind at all being called a foreigner, when I am one. In England they called me a foreigner. In Germany they called me a foreigner. In Iceland, since I'm half Icelandic, and have an Icelandic middle name, I was only a quasi-foreigner! ;-) Don't mind being called a foreigner at all. This is the same nonsense that lead to using terms like "people with diabetes" instead of "diabetic" and many other such absurdities. And, now the Cleveland Clinic on its website when discussing prostate disease talks about "people with penises" instead of using the term "men." When you go down this road of using euphemisms as replacements for clear, declarative language, there appears to be no end to the ridiculousness you will start to embrace.

This reminds me of a column that my late Uncle Björn Björnson wrote for years in the Minnesota Newspaper Association's newsletter entitled, "Syntax, Semantics and Such." One of these columns that I remember well described his limp due to childhood polio and went on to decry the modern obsession with euphemisms like "mobility impaired," etc., and then concluded that the word "lame" would be an adequate description of both him and his condition.

Foreigner doesn't mean you "don't belong." It means you are a guest in someone else's country, assuming you have the proper passport, visa, etc. Guests should be honored and treated with respect, but their rights and responsibilities are not the same as citizens of that country. Which, strangely, gets us back to the purpose of this thread -- to discuss whether or not the differing rights of foreign students versus citizen students in terms of NIL eligibility might be something OHIO could take advantage of in recruiting, especially trying to land that elusive coordinated BigManz.

This is exactly why I'm so glad the government is now enforcing a list of forbidden words in scientific research funded by the government. It's great when the government devotes time to trying to define which words are harmful to others and punishes their use.

Wow thank you so much for your wisdom.

Any time. I'd be more than happy to give some advice for coaching your youth team too.

Seriously though, words and sayings have changed over time because of their perceived meaning. When I was in elementary school, kids that today are in special ed and may or may not have IEPs were referred to as slow learners. In fact, the phrase was still in use when I was teaching in the 80s. Similarly, my high school's nickname was the Orientals and has been changed to the Dragons.. I'm not talking about some of the extreme absurdity of today that OCF has correctly referred to, but some widely used terms such as international in the world of sports is more appropriate today and more widely accepted than foreigners.

You should have been around prior to Pearl Harbor Day 2023. We wandered all over the globe and even to some foreign countries with our threads back then.