Football is the easy part

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This is a very informative article from the Houston Chronicle about the young men who play football at the service academies.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/college/rice/6661229.html

A couple of my favorite quotes:

“In each case, you will see a team of men who play for the love of the game and the love of their teammates,” said Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo. “You will see football in its purest form. There are no aspirations here to go on to the next level. They know this is their final curtain call.”

“When you see Navy football, you will see a hard-nosed, well-coached team that comes to play for 60 minutes. There are great demands on these young men, but it makes them stronger football players, stronger human beings and, more importantly for what they are trying to become, it makes them great leaders.”