Soldiergriz
Husband, Dad, Soldier
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For Soldiergriz:
Here you go (with names):
https://www.si.com/college-football/2014/08/21/army-black-knights-jeff-monken
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...f08694-97fa-11e3-afce-3e7c922ef31e_story.html
As an aside, the above is not meant to suggest USNA and/or USAFA aren't doing the same thing. USAFA got "caught" doing it in their "heyday" (when they were routinely beating the other SAs) and there are certainly more than a few articles out there about USNA as well.
I'm not sure these articles support your initial claims "winning at all costs" ...committing additional AOG resources, using the prep school to prepare athletes academically, hiring and paying an excellent coach, improving off season and strength training....
Sounds like a Division 1 football program. If you want to talk about whether we should have these teams, that's a different thing. But, establishing a principle that winning matters is purely consistent with West Point core values. They talk about winning all the time...the entire Corps.
Do you have evidence academic standards have slipped? Or, any of the other issues alleged by the single author? What should change in your opinion...other than losing to Navy?