LineInTheSand said:Wasn't it a vasity athlete, a USNA football in particular that was Court Martialed a few years back? Not just a football player...but the QUARTERBACK.
Yep, and he was found NOT GUILTY.
LineInTheSand said:Wasn't it a vasity athlete, a USNA football in particular that was Court Martialed a few years back? Not just a football player...but the QUARTERBACK.
First off, I would like to thank you for toning down your original comment which was much more critical of the vintage of my experience. Experience is a wonderful thing. We learn a lot from it. However, if we were forced to rely solely on experience, we would all be walking around with stove element burn scars etched into our hands. Also, I might remind you of the old Indian parable about the six blind men and the elephant. Each had a totally unique experience and they were all in complete disagreement. So there is more to education than experience. Also, hopefully, we should learn to look at things as a whole rather than from a few specific examples. Thousands of varsity lettered athletes are in the fleet. You are basing your conclusion on only one or two bad ones to the exclusion of the vast majority. Hopefully it is your emotions talking and you, in fact, know better.LineInTheSand said:I assume my EXPERIENCES are a little more recent
LineInTheSand said:But to say that a football player is somehow above the rest...
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One study which stands out is the promotion to O-4 for the classes of 1981-1985. I can think of no better gauge of performance than promotion and O-4 is the first rank that becomes somewhat selective. The collective rate for non-athletes was 77.2% while that of the 104 football players who graduated during this era was 94.1%, the highest of all team athletes. I would say that definitely the football players are, for lack of a better word, better performers.LineInTheSand said:How is your study tracking performance, or is it only tracking retention?
LineInTheSand said:Do I believe football players are superior in performance still? No. And that having visited a bar with a very respectable varsity football player I know.
I can think of no better gauge of performance than promotion and O-4 is the first rank that becomes somewhat selective. The collective rate for non-athletes was 77.2% while that of the 104 football players who graduated during this era was 94.1%, the highest of all team athletes.
Do I believe football players are superior in performance still? No. And that having visited a bar with a very respectable varsity football player I know.