If your kids team was O - 6 with five games left would you have your kid quit since the remaining five are meaningless? Explain the difference.A clowney did take a lot of plays off that year. It was talked about in the media. Secondly Roger’s and sharpe are not even in this conversation. Do you have any idea what a first round draft pick got back then. It not comparing apple to apples sir. You can also bet your sweet tail I would advise my kid to skip the bowl game that means nothing if he is moving on anyway. No need to risk it and the backups could use the experience for next year.
I know that 4th class (freshmen) and 3rd class (sophomores) can leave or disenroll without penalty. If a player becomes a professional player before completing their obligation they can request for a deferral for X numbers of years, then become active duty or join the reserves. Pending approval of course.I saddened me to learn a few years ago that the service academies now allow players to leave without any obligation to pay back the cost of their education for up to two years after they start. In the old days, if any student left the academy before they graduated they were required to pay back the full cost of their education, room, board, training, everything.
The service academies are still the purest form of college sports but they aren't as pure as they used to be.
I don't know if the ability to leave without penalty extends to regular students. I am not sure it does.I know that 4th class (freshmen) and 3rd class (sophomores) can leave or disenroll without penalty. If a player becomes a professional player before completing their obligation they can request for a deferral for X numbers of years, then become active duty or join the reserves. Pending approval of course.