Whistle Pig
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Rob, you are reading much of this correctly. And discovering its spin equally so.
As for the red-shirting, it is de facto prevalent, couched in the reality that any number of recruited athletes are not academically competitive. While a year at NAPS often can enhance their backgrounds, as virtually any/all Mids will confirm, they often, perhaps usually continue to be academically stunted. All that is required is a 1.8 GPA and good behavior to get an appointment.
That said, if the vast majority were required to re-enter the competiton for admission on a toe-to-toe, make that head-to-head competition with the ensuing entering class? The results would be same ...another year at NAPS.
There are no NCAA limits imposed upon SAs and their recruitment, so you can figure out how NAPS (and even some foundation grants) play into this scenario.
What you are being sold is couched in terms os "goals" "objectives" "ECs" ...
You've got it right, MD. It's pure mythology, generally speaking. Don't buy it. Better yet, ask some Mids if you have the chance. They'll give you the gouge. In the end, this is using tax-payer dollars to circumvent the system by creating what appears to be a separate booster rocket. It is not. Merely a newly paved road too often for candidates less qualified in vitrually all aspects of the competiton beyond those priorities of the Navy that call for finding new strike zones that average hitters can get on base, hit a home run.
As for the red-shirting, it is de facto prevalent, couched in the reality that any number of recruited athletes are not academically competitive. While a year at NAPS often can enhance their backgrounds, as virtually any/all Mids will confirm, they often, perhaps usually continue to be academically stunted. All that is required is a 1.8 GPA and good behavior to get an appointment.
That said, if the vast majority were required to re-enter the competiton for admission on a toe-to-toe, make that head-to-head competition with the ensuing entering class? The results would be same ...another year at NAPS.
There are no NCAA limits imposed upon SAs and their recruitment, so you can figure out how NAPS (and even some foundation grants) play into this scenario.
What you are being sold is couched in terms os "goals" "objectives" "ECs" ...
You've got it right, MD. It's pure mythology, generally speaking. Don't buy it. Better yet, ask some Mids if you have the chance. They'll give you the gouge. In the end, this is using tax-payer dollars to circumvent the system by creating what appears to be a separate booster rocket. It is not. Merely a newly paved road too often for candidates less qualified in vitrually all aspects of the competiton beyond those priorities of the Navy that call for finding new strike zones that average hitters can get on base, hit a home run.
