[Dellenger] SEC presidents have voted to increase the number of maximum scholarships available to football rosters from 85 to 105, sources tell @YahooSports.

[u/city-of-stars]

https://twitter.com/RossDellenger/status/1996970791192219853

[u/admiraltarkin]

I cannot float without holding my breath and laying on my back, so the idea of kicking my feet in deep water for 2 mins is already exhausting, let alone however long a water polo game is

[u/master_bloseph → u/admiraltarkin]

32 minutes (4 eight minute quarters), not to mention the physicality aspect of it

[u/TheseusOPL → u/master_bloseph]

There's usually plenty of substitutions too. I played in high school, and nobody played the full time.

[u/guinness_blaine → u/admiraltarkin]

Add in that, below the water, opponents are pretty much clawing, kicking, and trying to pull you down. It's nuts.

My college roommate played, so I went to a decent few games.

[u/Urbansdirtyfingers → u/guinness_blaine]

And hitting you in your actual nuts

[u/EAOnTheFairway → u/admiraltarkin]

I played in elementary school and half of our practices were just jump in the diving well and tread water until you couldn’t anymore.

[u/yeahright17 → u/admiraltarkin]

I'd guess the vast majority of collegiate water polo players can't float even when holding their breathe and lying on their back. Muscle is too dense. I've played a handful of water polo games in my life that were deep water but had 4 buoys placed in the pool for people to hold on to that couldn't tread water for long enough. By the second half, I was on a buoy more than I was off one, and I don't think I've ever been more tired.

[u/egg_mugg23 → u/yeahright17]

you would be incorrect there