President Donald Trump honors Army football team, ponders 'waiver' allowing service academy athletes to go pro

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Trump honors Army football team, ponders 'waiver' allowing service academy athletes to go pro

For the second year in a row, the Black Knights were honored by President Donald Trump for winning the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy, awarded to the service academy team that performs the best against its service academy counterparts. In 2018, Army beat Air Force 17-14 on Nov. 3 and then knocked off Navy 17-10 on Dec. 8 in Philadelphia.

“Over the last two seasons, you’ve won 21 of your last 26 games and now hold the second-longest active winning streak in college football, trailing only the Clemson Tigers,” Trump remarked. “Every time you enter the field, you prove you are Army strong.” Trump said he spoke with Army coach Jeff Monken about the idea and remarked that it could help with recruiting.

In 2016, the Department of Defense Pro Sports Policy was revised to allow a service member to “request to be tendered an appointment in the reserve upon graduation and satisfy their commissioned service obligation in the Ready Reserve.” That change allowed Navy star quarterback Keenan Reynolds, a fifth-round pick of the Baltimore Ravens, to play right away. Before that, the policy said service academy graduates could not enter pro sports until they served 24 months of active duty.

 

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Plenty of people with different education levels serve in the military. Correct yourself.

Folks.. U soon wont need any one.. and with at home school(K)ing for more and more post high school students.. the college T being free wont need u to bleed. or be raped by another that cant Keep it in their pants.. stay in school when Free. read read read all U can..2cans benny

after there is Free tuition.. there wont be a need for this.. ROTC or army colleges,.. they dont train the students to become Generals of history and of winning.. teach all the losing methods so they never do them again.. but this doesnt happen.. they learn english instead..

but they agreed to serve.. where no other mind worth the same education would serve.. in exchange for the education.. Best to ask their new Pro employer to repay the Govt back for the loss in a Trained expert.. a ROTC and a maybe a baby .. most want to leave after they learnMORE

What a surprise. Trump encouraging others to defer their obligations for the military.

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