water polo briefs

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The lack of matching suits is not surprising. Water polo is an official college sport at only a few US colleges and universities - most schools (such as FSU) simply have water polo as a 'club' sport, meaning students themselves organize the team and pay a large portion of team expenses. The college does not provide them with scholarship money, school uniforms (swimsuits, warm-up clothes, etc.), or any other benefits that official varsity sport athletes receive. Many of the polo guys simply wear their old high school suit or other favorite suits they purchased themselves (though club teams frequently pick one design and try to get their members to purchase that suit, which is usually somewhat expensive for college kids on limited budgets). The colleges do help out a little - by setting aside a couple hours per week for club polo to use the campus pool, and sometimes donating small sums (maybe a few hundred dollars per year taken from student recreation fees) to help cover team travel expenses or tournament entry fees. But for the most part, club teams are on their own.