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rocktivity

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1. They're SUPPOSED to be regular students who serve in the military after graduation

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Sat Dec 14, 2013, 07:01 PM

Dec 2013

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in exchange for their free education. Which might explain why student athletes with other career goals (the goal of pro athletics in particular) tend to not find service academies attractive.

According to this DU thread, the service academy football team coaches can come from "the outside":
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1878082

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Army Navy Game players-- hired hands or regular students..? [View all] pangaia Dec 2013 OP

They're SUPPOSED to be regular students who serve in the military after graduation rocktivity Dec 2013 #1

Thanks. That was my uneducated guess. pangaia Dec 2013 #2

There are exceptions: alp227 Dec 2013 #3

Neither of them got to turn pro right after graduating rocktivity Dec 2013 #4

Napoleon McCallum, too getting old in mke Dec 2013 #5

Real Students Stallion Dec 2013 #6

They are recruited just like other college athletes Packerowner740 Dec 2013 #7