Wake up call for swimmers

Just over one month after the Olympics in Athens conclude, middleweight boxers Oscar De La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins will fight each other in Las Vegas for a combined purse of $40 million. In contrast, two months after The Games, the Short Course World Championships of swimming will take place in Indianapolis in an NBA Arena with several hundred swimmers competing over eight days for a combined purse of $0. This event is another slap in the face of swimmers.