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07-29-2008, 09:07 AM
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Originally Posted by milohimself  I agree with VOLNBAMA's take. This is a big blow to the Army football program. | and it annoys the living piss out of me. | 
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07-29-2008, 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by MG1968 you don't "enlist" to get into West Point, and the obligation after graduation is well known. If you bothered to read the article, he was actually being treated differently than other recent service academy grads and it wasn't really fair. It sucks that it was done at the last moment, but Campbell knows what he has to do. | Wrong choice of words in enlist....did read the article and understood it. Served with guys that have been f'd over in similar, and not so similarways....Thats what I meant. Thanks for synopsis of the article. | |
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07-29-2008, 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by OrangeWilly Wrong choice of words in enlist....did read the article and understood it. Served with guys that have been f'd over in similar, and not so similarways....Thats what I meant. Thanks for synopsis of the article. | he wasn't personally f'd over in that he knew what he was getting into the day he came back and attended his first class his junior year. That is the day he became obligated to the Army.
However, the USMA sports teams took it in the shorts on this one. I believe they should have let him give it a shot and become a poster for Service Academy recruiting. He does plenty for the Army as a public face.
I played with several folks who transferred out because of the commitment on the other side and the way it inhibits they're opportunity at a professional career. | |
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07-29-2008, 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Rasputin_Vol That makes it right? | it might have been stupid, but it wasn't wrong in the least. Implying so makes you look silly. | |
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08-03-2008, 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Rasputin_Vol That makes it right? | When you join the military you should know that your being sold a bill of goods. If not, you probably need the dose of reality that will be coming. | |
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08-07-2008, 04:09 PM
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| Rick Reilly weighed in today on SI.com. Don't care for Reilly, but it is a decent article. | |
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08-07-2008, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by MontereyVol When you join the military you should know that your being sold a bill of goods. If not, you probably need the dose of reality that will be coming. | MontereyVol,
Are you currently stationed in the Navy at Monterey? I have a good friend in the Navy that is currently stationed in Monterey. | |
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08-07-2008, 04:29 PM
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| The only people that got screwed in this situation are the GM and head coach of the NFL team that drafted the kid. The kid knew what he was signing up for when he went to West Point. | |
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08-07-2008, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Vol423 The only people that got screwed in this situation are the GM and head coach of the NFL team that drafted the kid. The kid knew what he was signing up for when he went to West Point. | Campbell would be the first to admit that he only got screwed in the timing of telling he could then telling him he couldn't.
I'll assure you that the academies' recruiting efforts got pounded by this little turn of events.
I would submit that a lot of folks heading to West Point have no real idea what they're signing up for. | |
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08-07-2008, 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by BigPapaVol Campbell would be the first to admit that he only got screwed in the timing of telling he could then telling him he couldn't.
I'll assure you that the academies' recruiting efforts got pounded by this little turn of events.
I would submit that a lot of folks heading to West Point have no real idea what they're signing up for. | I don't agree about them taking a pounding in their recruiting because of this. Just how many people do you know of that think that they have any chance whatsoever of a professional sports career that go to a military academy? ZERO. | |
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08-07-2008, 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Vol423 I don't agree about them taking a pounding in their recruiting because of this. Just how many people do you know of that think that they have any chance whatsoever of a professional sports career that go to a military academy? ZERO. | you'd be dead wrong about that. The numbers aren't enormous, but they're out there.
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08-07-2008, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by BigPapaVol you'd be dead wrong about that. The numbers aren't enormous, but they're out there. | They're too stupid to play professional sports then, and that's REALLY saying something. | |
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08-07-2008, 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Vol423 They're too stupid to play professional sports then, and that's REALLY saying something. | think maybe they're simply hedging their bets and saying that the likelihood is that they won't make it. | |
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08-07-2008, 11:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Vol423 MontereyVol,
Are you currently stationed in the Navy at Monterey? I have a good friend in the Navy that is currently stationed in Monterey. | yeah, me and the wife are. Wheres your friend at? | |
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