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But there is more to the Navy than ships! Further, it is possible to do an interservice transfer. That's what Robert Ballard did, started in the Army, became an Ensign in the Navy.
Yeah, there's also beds, uniforms, and other equipment designed for a limited range of sizes. By the time he left the academy, Robinson had exceeded the maximum height limit for ALL armed services branches, not just the Navy.
They need to let him play ball. Its not like losing one recruit to a professional career is the end all be all for the Navy.
I say this as the brother of a Naval Academy graduate who played football.
It is not that serious, he can serve after his career is over.
How many years would that be? Should he be allowed to play football for 5 years or 10 years before coming back to active duty? What happens if he has a major injury from football and can't do his service?
I'm pretty much in favor of all of them being required to stick to the military obligations they made.
However, since the military made an exception for three, they need to have a very good reason why the fourth can't be.
OK, I caught a quick snippet on a news station--I had been under the impression all four men were in the same military branch, but that doesn't appear to be the case. Apparently the respective secretaries of each branch are the ones who made the decisions--so it wasn't one guy saying, "These three can play, this one can't." (The other three were Army and Air Force.)
It still doesn't make it fair, but it seems less likely that Kinley was singled out.
(I still think all of 'em should fulfill their military obligations first, though.)
This isn’t a new thing. The military considers it to be a good advertisement to have deferred service athletes playing pro sports. The Navy especially loves Academy grads to play pro sports.
its a hobby until someone gives you a contract to do it professionally.
No one should be jealous that a Naval Academy athlete was good enough to make it to the pro’s.
Jealous? BS, he wanted to be in the Naval Academy. So that takes precedence over football.
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Let him play.
Ah, no!
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IMHO, he should be allowed to play professionally but repay his "tuition" to the US Navy and commit to the Naval Reserve for 5 years during non-football months.
Joe Cardona of the Patriots serves 2 days a week in the *Reserve while being the long-snapper.
No, two different things.
Naval Academy - enlisted and this is your full time job
*Naval Reserve - enlisted and serve weekends, and two weeks a year
If you plan for a full time military career plan accordingly. Don't go if you are not sure on you motives.
.........Naval Reserve - enlisted and serve weekends, and two weeks a year
If you plan for a full time military career plan accordingly. Don't go if you are not sure on you motives.
It is interesting to see how many swallow that advertising "slogan" of "and serve as little as weekends and two weeks a year" hook, line, and sinker. The key words are "as little".....but look how we have used the Reserves since the end of the Cold War and one sees it is a heck of a lot more than that.
Naval Academy - enlisted and this is your full time job
*Naval Reserve - enlisted and serve weekends, and two weeks a year
If you plan for a full time military career plan accordingly. Don't go if you are not sure on you motives.
Cardona is a Naval Academy graduate. He requested to do Reserve in order to fulfill his commitment.
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