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U.S. Army Changes Ruling on NFL Player's Playing Status

stylo17stylo17 Posts: 1,001
edited July 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-lions-campbellarmy&prov=ap&type=lgns

DETROIT (AP)—Caleb Campbell will not get a chance to play for the Detroit Lions because of a change in military policy.

Campbell was a seventh-round draft pick for the Lions in April. At the time, Army policy would have allowed the West Point graduate to serve as a recruiter if he made the team.

But a subsequent Department of Defense policy has superseded the 2005 Army policy.

In a letter to Lions president Matt Millen dated Wednesday, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jonathan P. Liba wrote that Campbell has been ordered to give up professional football for “full-time traditional military duties.”

Liba wrote that 2nd Lt. Campbell may ask to be released from his active duty obligations in May 2010.

Liba said Campbell was allowed to enter the draft “in good faith.”

I don't like this one bit.
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  • TheJUGGERNAUT29TheJUGGERNAUT29 Posts: 160
    Thats Bullshit
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  • WindyCityFlyerWindyCityFlyer Posts: 244
    Wow, that's sort of fucked up. It was like the biggest story in the draft. But whatever.
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  • EquallyWorthlessEquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    TheJUGGERNAUT29 wrote:
    Thats Bullshit


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  • western pearlwestern pearl Posts: 632
    This is also why Matt Millen is the worst GM in football. He knew this could happen. I was happy to see the kid get drafted but uhhhh, Matt Millen is an idiot!!
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  • gobrowns19gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    western pearl wrote:
    This is also why Matt Millen is the worst GM in football. He knew this could happen. I was happy to see the kid get drafted but uhhhh, Matt Millen is an idiot!!

    Yeah, he is hated in Michigan. Glad i'm not a fan :D
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  • rearviewmirorrearviewmiror Posts: 894
    Typical bullshit. Now they won't get world class athletes coming to the Army.

    Maybe they know a draft is coming and want to avoid the irregularity of the common man forced to serve while a west point grad plays in the NFL.

    The damn rule was only around 3 years. The first guy gets drafted, and bam. They take it away. pure military bullshit.
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  • adam42381adam42381 Kernersville, NC Posts: 2,515
    I would almost guarantee that this decision came directly from the negative press that this was getting. A lot of people were pissed that he was going to be given the opportunity to play in the NFL when he signed up for Army duty.
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  • StateOfLoveBoatCptn.StateOfLoveBoatCptn. Posts: 904
    rearviewmiror wrote:
    Typical bullshit. Now they won't get world class athletes coming to the Army.

    Not real sure the NFL is the Army's first concern....

    but yeah I think this story kinda sucks
  • markymark550markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,174
    I don't have a problem with the Army wanting him to serve his active duty requirement. The problem I have is that he had already started the process of pursuing a pro career, which was compliant with the Army standard, but during that process the Army changed its policy. He and some other minor league baseball atheletes affected by this policy change should have been grandfathered into the old policy. What a bad PR nightmare this could become for the Army though.

    I don't think you blame Millen for this. He was drafting the kid based on the policy that was understood and in place. He had no way of knowing that the policy would be overturned by some shifty higher ups in the government/Army.
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