Posted on 10/12/2017 8:01:01 AM PDT by mandaladon
from 1941 to 1946 army was 45-8- 3 in football, including 27-0-1 the last three years. in 43-45 they were 29-1 in basketball.
Fortunately, I graduated before the women came
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LCWB ?? or earlier than that?
The Spring 1977 USNA Academic Boards kept female plebes with far worse GPAs than those of booted males. The word was out. Wave hello to double standards.
While hard to see, a dozen or so black female USMA cadets raise their fists in a black power salute.
Those were great teams, but it’s a different era. Back then, USMA was probably one of the top three schools in the nation for anyone wanting to get a degree. The average NFL salary was around 3,000 dollars compared to around 5 million today. Pro sports were not the huge industry they are today. If you are a 5 star stud athlete in Football, and want a career in the NFL, are you going to USMA where on top of dealing with the academic and military rigors of plebe year, you go through Beast before even stepping on the field? Are you to go through that or go to a football factory where they are throwing perks and coeds at you?
Yeah, if a war is on, more go to the academies. Hopefully.
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