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Hey USAFA Grads, All Together Now, One Big 'WTF?' Full Cadet Participation No longer Required For Football Games - The Institution Is Dying Ya'll
By L Todd Wood
September 8, 2024
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Where are all those grads again saying we can't be too political?  What would it take to get you involved?  Get you angry, get you to actually care about USAFA, instead of your DoD contractor job?   Have courage?  Honor your oath?

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Part of the pageantry of Air Force football will undergo a major change.

No longer will the full cadet wing be required to attend home football games. The two exceptions will be the opening game on parents’ weekend, which took place this past Saturday, and the Oct. 5 contest vs. Navy.

For other games at Falcon Stadium, a quarter of the cadets, or roughly 1,000, will be required to attend.

“This change is taking place to maximize attendance across all 30 intercollegiate athletic home events,” according to an email from an Air Force spokesman to The Gazette sent on Thursday evening. “This is being done to not only bolster team spirt and unity, but also to embody the values of camaraderie and resilience, which is essential for leadership...”
 
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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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Is attendance at classes still required? :whistle:
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