So many...so concerned about so few...
No one will be exempt from serving..
Will simply delay service.
Again, this is a non issue.
How would you handle a Bo Jackson type injury?
How would you handle the Female athlete who wants to go make $50K playing volleyball or try to play the WTA satellite tour?
By the time the Cadet/Mid Athletes have completed two seasons of D1 athletics, they ought to have a pretty good idea if they are pro material. If they are then they can leave under current rules--no payback and no questions asked--and are free to transfer or hit the draft or sit in a tree and play the flute. They should s*** or get off the pot.
The constant demand for favors and special dispensations everywhere in society gets a little tiresome after awhile.
How would they handle a similar injury to a Rhodes Scholar? How about a grad attending medical school?
Geez...
The military needs MD’s and this is how they replenish its ranks.
The military has an endless supply of D1 Athletes from the academies. What marginal utility is there in having a couple go pro? To star in an Ad campaign?
You’re point about injuries is well taken in regard to Rhodes Scholars, although one could argue the marginal utility to the military of adding another athlete to the ranks vs adding another deep thinker. Lord knows we have enough deep thinkers.
Make no mistake I am all for the SA’s having strong athletic programs the same I’m supportive of having strong academic programs. I appreciate the particular value of elite athletes to the military.
My issues are two:
- Do 5 years AD like everyone else or pay back the tuition. Anything that elevates the importance of the individual while deemphasizing the centrality of Military service to the SAs’ mission is not a good thing.
- If there are exceptions for football players, you have to do the same for athletes in half dozen other sports.