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Lawmakers rush to find an opening for Army star blocked from NFL
« on: December 19, 2022, 01:35:56 pm »
Lawmakers rush to find an opening for Army star blocked from NFL
By Leo Shane III
 Friday, Dec 16
 
Army linebacker Andre Carter II tackles Georgia State quarterback Cornelious Brown IV during the first quarter of an NCAA football game on Sept. 4, 2021, in Atlanta. (Ben Margot/AP)
Lawmakers are scrambling to tweak rules regarding whether military academy athletes are eligible to play professional sports after graduation following an outcry from legislation which may block an Army football star from a potential multi-million dollar career in the National Football League.

At issue is the future of Army linebacker Andre Carter II, who played his last game of collegiate football in last Saturday’s win over Navy. NFL scouts view Carter as a potential first-round draft pick and likely the highest pick ever from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

But Carter’s plans for a service deferment — a waiver that has been granted to come elite athletes from the military academies in recent years — were thrown into disarray last week when lawmakers included a provision in the annual defense authorization bill requiring two years of active-duty service before any such waiver could be granted.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2022/12/17/lawmakers-rush-to-find-an-opening-for-army-star-blocked-from-nfl/
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Re: Lawmakers rush to find an opening for Army star blocked from NFL
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2022, 01:40:17 pm »
What do these *sshole politicians think, this guy didn't know he had a military obligation after his four years of education?  Lots of people, Roger Staubach as an example, played at an academy, did their military obligation, and still played pro ball.  Now this poor baby needs special consideration for some reason? *****rollingeyes*****
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The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee that, from different causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth.  George Washington - Farewell Address
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