VimsinceO3 said:
You initially said "transfer", then you were corrected by another poster. In my view, you know very little about the admissions process as you weren't aware Air Force doesn't accept transfers, until corrected.
I said transfer as shorthand. I didn't think it was necessary to the explain the process. Also, it really would be a type of "transfer", i.e. leaving one school and enrolling at another. If this had been a desire or possibility of the punter, he would first talk with the AFA football coaches. He would not first go to the Congressional delegation. The coaches would then evaluate and explain what had to be done. College students or students with college credits can apply to the academies. They would start as plebes/frosh and subject to the starting age restriction, which I believe is 23. A college student would need the grades and other qualifications for AFA. Generally, athletes have slightly lower standards for admission at academies. I believe West Point currently has the lowest athlete admissions of the academies. The coach and the academy would work out the appointment aspect. As has already been pointed out, appointments don't come just from Congressional delegations. There are multiple avenues. NCAA rules apply, with some exceptions. Since there are no athletic scholarships at academies (everyone is on "scholarship"), there are generally no ncaa restrictions on the number of recruits. There's a limitation on the number of official visits, I believe, but the schools determine the number of players they want as recruits. The annual recruit numbers are very high, like 75 or even more. I have been involved or around the admission of various relatives to academies. One nephew, who graduated last spring from West Point, was a manager of the football team. Another nephew graduated from Air Force recently and played football all 4 years, including as a starter. I attended games at both West Point and Air Force. I was at graduation at West Point last spring. A good friend of mine is a former coach at AFA. My stock broker is a former AFA player. I know the AD at Dartmouth, who came from West Point as an assistant AD, and have talked to him about football and athletics at West Point. I've talked to 2 people in the MT delegation (both good friends of mine) about nominations, as well as to their staff. Ya, I don't know anything about the academies, admission, athletics, football. People do "transfer" to the academies to play sports. My stock broker buddy played with a guy who came from playing football at Missouri. My buddy says its happens from time to time. Had the punter wanted to go to AFA, and the coach wanted him, and he was qualified and jumped through the hoops, he could have done that. P.S. My buddy just called me back to say that he knows the AFA coach and believes going to the Academy would be a better way to become a flier in the Air Force. I see that the AFA punter averaged 37.65 last year.
