Bonehead
'Ollie North of the Cesspool'
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I'm so sick of people comparing football to war. Get some fahkin perspective.
Here's a list of the athletics at West Point....
Schedules
- Baseball
- Men's Basketball
- Women's Basketball
- Cross Country
- Football
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Hockey
- Lacrosse
- Rifle
- Sprint Football
- Swimming & Diving
- Men's Soccer
- Women's Soccer
- Softball
- Men's Tennis
- Women's Tennis
- Track
- Volleyball
- Wrestling
WTF do Golf and Tennis have to do with war?
Our military academies could scrap football tomorrow and we'd still have the most powerful military in the world for several reasons (in no particular oder):
All-Volunteer force
Resources
Technology
Infrastructure
Population
FOH with that nonsense.
I am a former Marine - played football but NOT at high level -
Just about anyone could play football - its the FEW who could go to war.
Before you even get to go to MCT (Marine Combat Training) you go through 13 weeks of blood, sweat, tears and hell among others things, away from family and loved ones, before it is even determined if you are good enough to be called a Marine and learn combat.
Those at the Academies are on the fast track to becoming an Officer (Yes, some officers are in Grunt/Atillery units) and there is nothing wrong with being an officer, but its that pimple faced kid down the street you remember who is most likely on the front line - taking bullets, IED's and such.
I completely understand the concepts of training for war but I must be oblivious to the concepts in relation to football. I dont compare the two but I never played college football.
Sempre Fi - God - Country - Corps