Navy Turns Down Bucs Rookie's Request
To Delay Service And Play In NFL
Fox News,
by
Daniel Canova
Original Article
Posted By: Black Conservative Voice,
6/9/2021 6:01:12 AM
Rookie Cameron Kinley was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent following the 2021 NFL Draft, but he won’t be able to suit up for the defending Super Bowl champs after the U.S. Naval Academy denied his request to delay his service.
Kinley, who was a team captain for the Navy as well as a class president, participated in the Buccaneers’ rookie minicamp with the school’s permission. On Monday afternoon, Kinley released a statement regarding the ongoing situation.
If he wanted to play football, maybe he should’ve gone elsewhere and left a spot at the Naval Academy for someone who wants to serve Our Country…
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 6/9/2021 6:05:02 AM (No. 810324)
I agree with OP. He signed a contract and received one of the best educations in the Nation. Our tax dollars paid for his education. He has committed himself and he now needs to honor that commitment.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
The Remnants 6/9/2021 6:38:13 AM (No. 810347)
#2 "Honor" is a good choice of words. If he is going to serve our country with honor, he should be honorable and keep his word.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 6/9/2021 6:40:59 AM (No. 810348)
This kind of falls in with the CRT race stuff that college basketball and football players should get paid because of all the money they bring in. Questions: 1) how many college players make the pros each year? Last I heard it was 1% for basketball and 2% for football. Of that 99% and 98%, respectively, that don't make it what's their total college tuition, room and board and expenses each year? Looking on line it's now up around $35k per year. There around 4500 full scholarship basketball players and roughly 10000 full scholarship football players. So, 4455 (4500 -1%) and 9800 (10000 - 2%) comes out to $35k * 14255 (full scholarship not making it to pros) * 4 years = roughly $2 billion, or $498 million per year. They're supposed to be getting an education. If they're not, I'd say sorry, buddy. That falls on you.
This is similar to the military guy who's signed a contract to go into the military. The military paid your tuition, room and board and expenses and you agreed to their terms, by contract, for getting that payment. That falls on you.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 6/9/2021 6:54:44 AM (No. 810355)
Tell the Navy you are a “white” supremicist and they’ll let you go in a heartbeat...
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While I agree with those who say he should honor his commitment, he has a right to have explained to him why others were granted an exemption and he was not. Players at the Military Academies should understand under what conditions the Pentagon will allow them to play professional sports immediately after they complete their education and under what conditions it will not.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Venturer 6/9/2021 7:12:47 AM (No. 810378)
That could be a problem for Cameron #5
And if he told them he supported BLM he would probably get a promotion.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
JrSample 6/9/2021 7:33:27 AM (No. 810391)
The purpose of the Naval Academy is to train Naval Officers, not overpaid celebrity professional athletes.
He took up a slot that could have gone to someone who wanted to serve in the fleet after graduation. The obvious solution is that he should have to pay back the cost of his education, then he would be free to play for the National Felons League.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 6/9/2021 7:44:04 AM (No. 810399)
Roger Staubach and David Robinson put in their time before beginning their sports careers. If two Hall of Famers could do it, then so can this dude.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
smokincol 6/9/2021 7:47:58 AM (No. 810405)
he signed on the dotted line and now he wants to alter the agreement? he must be a democrat.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
lakerman1 6/9/2021 7:48:19 AM (No. 810406)
I seem to remember a Naval Academy graduate, back in the 1970s, who played for a west coast NFL team while on active duty. The Navy conveniently assigned him to a Navy facility in California to make it happen.
Arthur Ashe, as an Army officer, was assigned the job of playing/teaching tennis, while on active duty.
Roger Staubach had to serve his four year commitment to the Navy before he could play for the Cowboys. And a Naval Academy lineman named Riefsnyder, I believe, back in the 1960s, was promised a new nose and a medical discharge at graduation.
As an old former football player, I look for practical solutions.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
downnout 6/9/2021 7:48:33 AM (No. 810407)
My better half attended university on full Navy scholarship. You agree to serve in return for the free ride.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
G-Tom 6/9/2021 7:50:58 AM (No. 810411)
FTA: "who was a team captain for the Navy as well as a class president" Tell me what is A class president?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
SweetPea3 6/9/2021 8:12:45 AM (No. 810431)
#7, not a problem if Cameron claims he "feels" like a White person.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 6/9/2021 9:52:09 AM (No. 810540)
The snowflake wants to play a kids game and forget his contract. It's a life lesson 'chump' so forget the ballgame and serve the country. It seems he wants to become a 'kneeler' than to serve with honor to our country it's tough out there kid.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Bison65 6/9/2021 10:24:58 AM (No. 810580)
The publicly funded military schools have long been used by the elites as resume enhancers. That coupled with the emphasis placed on admitting minorities and females has ruined the original intent to train war fighters. In the case of athletes, they should all be required to fulfill their military commitments. These schools occasionally admit a student who fraudulently gain admittance by being married or having dependent children. Solution allow admittance to any of these schools only after serving 4 years in the enlisted ranks.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
usmc0302 6/9/2021 10:34:14 AM (No. 810600)
Tough noogies dude. Standby for duty as Officer of the Deck on a destroyer in the North Atlantic in the winter.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Robert Jones 6/9/2021 10:34:17 AM (No. 810601)
I appreciate all the view points, but the net effect will be that the military academies will never be competitive again. Navy vs Notre Dame will hold no excitement. Everything is so competitive now. Remember when the college allstar game was a big deal? Now it is gone. Not sure we have advanced
Socially.. Start paying players? Ozzie and Harriett are both dead and USA used to lead the free world. Are we better? Never had to worry about getting shot going to the grovery store, either.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
red1066 6/9/2021 11:02:13 AM (No. 810635)
He signed up knowing damn well that after four years of FREE education at one of the top schools in the country, you have a commitment to serve. Just because your a good football player doesn't make you special. I wonder how many people convinced him to try this just for the money.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
rbruce20 6/9/2021 12:43:21 PM (No. 810761)
Let him play, but Uncle Sam has an equity stake. 50% after taxes for the next five years (academy commitment) will be fair.
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Kinley talked about other players that reaped the benefits of the policy, including Malcolm Perry..."it puzzles me as to why I am the only person to be denied this opportunity."
Maybe that's because the team you captained SUCKED: 3-7, scoreless against Army, and your defense gave up 40 points to Air Force. Perry went 11-2 his senior year, thrashed Army, and beat K State in the Liberty Bowl.
(Please forgive my cynicism.)
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
crashnburn 6/10/2021 11:57:59 AM (No. 811698)
He should honor his commitment. My oldest brother was Colin Powell’s classmate and tutored him to get him through West Point. He also knew a lot of Army football players. Mostly they were so beat up after 4 years of playing they got assigned non-combat duty. There’s no guarantee that this guy will make the team even if he gets the chance to try out. And, even if he makes the team he might be too beat up to serve after his career is over. Finally, there’s a maximum age at which you can join the military. If he’s past that when he retires from football, he’s skated on his commitment.
One more thing. He’d always be last in seniority for his and the next N classes. And seniority counts for a lot!
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I feel like all athletes going to a Military Academy or a normal college or whatever that’s what they’re therefore education because our taxes dollars pay for them to get an education, in this case, is he join the military academy collage he signed a contract after he fulfilled his service with the country then when he gets out he can try again to see if he’s good enough to play a professional sport I don’t care if you’re white or black seems like all these young folks who are on scholarships for sports never for filled their commitment when it comes to free education and it’s called being a responsible adult for fill your commitment.