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On Wednesday night word broke that Caleb Campbell
, 7th round draft pick out of Army for
the Detroit Lions , would not be allowed to play NFL football in the 2008 season . Campbell, a 2nd Lt. who graduated from West Point on May 31 of this year, ...
Fame, money, women, or MREs, sand storms, and
possible death. Lemme think on it, or, or, WAAAAAA.
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One of the best stories from this spring's
NFL Draft was the Detroit Lions 7th round selection
of Army football safety Caleb Campbell. He was more than deserving of getting a chance to play in the NFL, and was in person to talk about the honor with ...
The bad news for Caleb Campbell is that
he won’t be permitted to play for the Lions
in lieu of fulfilling his active-duty commitment to the Army, as a result of his free four-year college education. The good news (for Campbell, and not for the ...
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) -- Caleb Campbell was
a day away from practicing with the Detroit Lions
and t...
Caleb Campbell took advantage of a new rule
that allowed Army players to forgo their active duty
service and enter the NFL. However, a rule change is forcing Campbell back to West Point.
U.S. Army gets free, feel good, advertising at
the NFL Draft. [ Credit ] How much would
it have cost the U.S. Army to advertise itself to the NFL viewing public at the Draft? How much would the U.S. Army have paid to get positive ...
It was one of the most interesting stories
around the NFL draft -- Army safety Caleb Campbell
taking advantage of a new rule which would allow him to defer his service in order to play football. When the Lions drafted him in the seventh round, he got ...
With an oddly-timed change in policy, Caleb Campbell
has been yanked out of Detroit Lions training camp
and and shoved back into "full-time traditional military duties." When he was drafted by the Lions, he was thought to be blazing a ...
As the Detroit Free Press noted , the
US Army allowed Caleb Campbell to go to the
scouting combine, the NFL draft, Lions rookie camp and mini-camp. The press reacted accordingly, lapping up every moment of Campbell’s uplifting story. And then, ...
I understand why the Army has changed its
mind and decided that linebacker Caleb Campbell has to
serve out his two years in the military now , after saying he was eligible to play in 2008. If you go to West Point for an education, you damn well ...
The Army blew it. They implemented a policy
that was designed to draw attention to the unique
skills and talents of their servicemen and, in the process, make it easier to recruit soldiers to the Army by attracting positive publicity and media ...
Campbell deserves not a single ounce of your
sympathy for not being able to pursue a professional
football career. Why is that? He signed up for military service of his own volition. He was not coerced into anything, and he signed the paperwork.
In this May 2, 2008, file photo, Detroit
Lions rookie safety Caleb Campbell runs through drills at
the NFL football team's minicamp in Allen Park, Mich. Campbell will not get a chance to play for the Lions because of a change in military policy. ...
Caleb Campbell Unable To Play For Lions
Caleb Campbell will not get a chance to
play for the Detroit Lions because of a change
in military policy.
Caleb Campbell will report to Lions training camp
in Allen Park on Wednesday in a crossfire on
multiple fronts: conflicting views among active and retired servicemen on whether a service-academy graduate should go on active duty immediately; the ...
Newsworthy Rookie Alerts - Caleb Campbell hopes the
Army will allow him to play for the Lions,
Colt Brennan ready to prove himself and his collegiate records in the NFL, and Ray Rice is going back to Rutgers - for a day to sign autographs. The Ravens are hoping to use him as a Maurice Jones-Drew back.
Caleb Campbell's NFL career could be in jeopardy
before the former Army safety even plays a down.
Despite multiple reports that the Detroit Lions' seventh-round draft pick would be able to avoid serving in the military if he made the Lions roster, the Dallas Morning News reports Campbell's NFL career could be sidetracked for a few years.







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