ON THE OTHER HAND

On the other hand

Immigration ?

I began college tennis and basketball in 1965.   I recruited my first international tennis player ten years later.   Over the next thirty years there were dozens more.  The reasons?  First- they could play, win, and help me keep my job.  Early on tennis coaches, myself included, also realized these guys were nice , intelligent , good people.  

Over the years about a dozen stayed in the USA.  Reflecting recently on their lives in America, I wasn’t surprised that none of them were less  than stellar citizens.  Doctors, Business leaders, Computer experts, Tennis professionals, coaches.  Their first American great grandchildren showed up this year.

This happened almost everywhere.  And it dawned on me it is a story worth telling.  Perhaps the most logical access to these stories would be the INTERCOLLEGIATE TENNIS ASSOCIATION (ITA).  

These stories would support College tennis.  Solicited, collected,edited and published, there would a large number of public relations possibilities.  

This is now happening in many different sports. The monied one is basketball. And there are down sides too (https://littlegreenbookoftennis.com/2024/10/30/whoa-nelly/).

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