Crew vs. Rowing?
jkk
I have never been able to understand why its called "crew" in college and
highschool and then "rowing" thereafter (like in clubs, Olympics, etc.).
Does anyone know why? Also, why do some college teams wear crew henleys
and others wear racing tank tops? Is it regulation for different schools?
Brady M. Bustany
Actually, it varies throughout the sport, not just between different levels.
For example, Wisconsin, a varsity collegiate program that's been around for
eons, goes by rowing. I agree that it's odd, and I think that standard
nomenclature should be used for the purpose of clarity and promotion.
Personally, I like rowing as opposed to crew. I was at a football bowl game
this past winter with the team I work for and everyone had their crew T-shirts
on. You wouldn't believe the number of people who thought we were some kind of
organized cheering 'crew' there to support our team. *sigh* Some people are
just unclear on the concept....
Brady
jkk <gfhfh@wgf> wrote in article <01bc545a$aa287820$1947...@howarde3.wfu>...
Richard D. Lewis
Who ever heard of a Rowing Haircut ? Everyone
knows what a Crew Cut is. Ask around !
Pedxing
The terms crew and rowing do not have anything to do with skill or program
level. Rowing refers to everything: sweep, scull, singles, doubles,
quads, pairs, fours, with or without, eights, and anything else you can
think of. Crew specifically refers to boats in which crews are required.
Therefore, it generally is used to describe the larger boats and programs
that focus on them. For instance, at Yale, we compete in eights in the
sprint season, with some third varsity fours. In the fall, we
occasionally break down into fours and pairs, but the emphasis is still on
eights. Therefore, it is appropriate for our program to be called "crew."
A program that has a fleet of singles, on the other hand, cannot call
their program a crew program because they do not focus their program on
crews or boats that require them. Most clubs have very strong sculling
and single programs, so to include them, it is appropriate for the club to
be called a rowing club. I hope this clarifies things for you. As an
aside, "crew team" is redundant. Crew means that there is a crew of
rowers. Enjoy your rowing.
Elizabeth Ferguson
Yale Women's Crew
Robert Plater
Colleges use 'crew' because they don't quite know what rowing is half
the time. Plus it has less letters and only one syllable.
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Rod Lawson
In article <336800...@geocities.com>, Robert Plater
<robp...@geocities.com> writes:
>Colleges use 'crew' because they don't quite know what rowing is half
>the time. Plus it has less letters and only one syllable.
That should be fewer letters, not less.
Rod.
Disclaimer; the opinions expressed above are not necessarily yours.
Brady M. Bustany
FYI: I phoned the NCAA regarding an unrelated matter this week, and the person
on the phone said Crew and then corrected it to Rowing. I asked, and the
official nomenclature for the NCAA is Rowing. (I didn't mean to start another
NCAA debate; I actually like 'em....)
Robert Plater wrote:
> Colleges use 'crew' because they don't quite know what rowing is half
> the time. Plus it has less letters and only one syllable.
This is an interesting point, however....
Chris Harrison
Rod Lawson wrote:
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> In article <336800...@geocities.com>, Robert Plater
> <robp...@geocities.com> writes:
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> >the time. Plus it has less letters and only one syllable.
>
It is a few less, though.
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chris harrison.
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Rod Lawson
In article <33709513...@doc.ic.ac.uk>, Chris Harrison
<ca...@doc.ic.ac.uk> writes:
>Rod Lawson wrote:
>>
>> In article <336800...@geocities.com>, Robert Plater
>> <robp...@geocities.com> writes:
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>> >Colleges use 'crew' because they don't quite know what rowing is half
>> >the time. Plus it has less letters and only one syllable.
>>
>> That should be fewer letters, not less.
>
>It is a few less, though.
No, it's several fewer. Rowing? What's that?
Kieran A. Coghlan
Cappadon01 wrote:
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> Think about it.........
> rowing team?..nah
> rowing group?...nah
> rowing club?...nah
> Rowing Crew.....now that sounds just right
Nah... that sounds redundant (for people in the rowing world, anyway.)
How many shirts or stickers or whathaveyou do you see that say, "Harvard
Rowing Crew," or "Cal Rowing Crew," or whatever school's Rowing Crew?
Crew. Now that sounds just right.
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University of California, Irvine Varsity Men's Crew, 1992-1996
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