Schooling didn’t just win gold he was Singapore’s first Olympic gold medalist and beat the great Michael Phelps. While speaking at the Aspen Institute in 2016, NCAA president Mark Emmert raised concerns that University of Texas swimmer Joseph Schooling had recently received a $740,000 bonus from Singapore for winning a gold medal at the 2016 Olympics. The Aspen Institute discussion explored the implications if NCAA athletes could be paid by outside entities for use of their names, images, and likenesses, like any college student. This article was first published on March 5, 2015.The Aspen Institute Sports & Society Program held a conversation May 1 in Washington, DC titled “Future of College Sports: Reimagining Athlete Pay.” The discussion was livestreamed at as.pn/collegesportsfuture.

What mattered was the way the girls approached their matches - their maturity is a very good sign for us.' She said: 'We lost, but that didn't matter. 'I'm leaving the school with a fresh medal, and I'm very thankful to have been given the opportunity to represent MGS.'ĭespite coming up short in the final, CHIJ's teacher-in-charge Jacqueline Yip was proud of her charges making their first final since 2006. From day one, you could sense that everybody wanted the title really badly,' she said. 'We're really proud of ourselves and what we've achieved. 9 next year.'ĭoubles player Daryl Wang, 16, was thrilled to end her final season with the school on a high before graduating next year. It's been a thrilling year, and there's no reason why we can't get No. 'I cannot be more pleased with how the girls performed. 'But we pulled through, and it's so much sweeter considering how we lost 3-2 to CHIJ in the preliminary round, but bounced back to win 4-1 today. 'It was a tough year for us, with some of the girls leaving for junior college, and that left us short on numbers,' MGS coach Ang Hock Chai told The New Paper. Genevieve Ang and Daryl Wang then put the icing on the cake with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory over Tan Run Qin and Valerie Lai in the inconsequential second doubles match. They had to cope with a smaller playing roster, competing with a squad of only nine players, down from the usual 12.īut, while they were short on numbers, they stood tall in their performance, as they secured their eighth consecutive national title with a comfortable 4-1 win over CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh) at the Yio Chu Kang Tennis Centre yesterday.Įlizabeth Lee got MGS off to a winning start when she defeated CHIJ's Nathalie Tan 6-4, 7-5 in the first singles.Īmanda Chong put another point on the board when she pipped Sheryl Teo 6-3, 7-5 in the second singles, before CHIJ's Rysika Pendyala beat MGS' Mannat Johal 6-3, 7- 5 to reduce the deficit.īut there was no stopping MGS as Tiah Jeng Yen and Tamara Tan (MGS) outlasted Alithea Tang and Sabrina Tan 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3 in the first doubles match to clinch the winning point. Methodist Girls' School (MGS) had their work cut out in their defence of the National Schools' girls' B Division tennis title. It is not wrong to say that yesterday's win was the sweetest of their eight consecutive title triumphs.

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