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Title: Afghanistan vet granted eligibility by NCAA to play football
Post by: Wildcat1 on August 02, 2012, 12:36:54 AM

Army SSGT. Daniel Rodriguez was approved by the NCAA to walk on to Clemson's football team. He earned a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart in Afghanistan. Full article can be found here:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8222969/purple-heart-recipient-daniel-rodriguez-cleared-join-clemson-tigers (http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8222969/purple-heart-recipient-daniel-rodriguez-cleared-join-clemson-tigers)

 :salute

Title: Re: Afghanistan vet granted eligibility by NCAA to play football
Post by: Reschke on August 02, 2012, 10:28:08 AM

Saw this yesterday and thought it was a great story also.

Title: Re: Afghanistan vet granted eligibility by NCAA to play football
Post by: Maverick on August 02, 2012, 01:13:40 PM

You go Sarge!  :salute

Title: Re: Afghanistan vet granted eligibility by NCAA to play football
Post by: katanaso on August 02, 2012, 03:13:39 PM

Great story of him achieving that goal.

Why would he need approval by the NCAA and ACC?  He would still have college eligability.

Title: Re: Afghanistan vet granted eligibility by NCAA to play football
Post by: ALFAMEGA51 on August 02, 2012, 03:26:42 PM

Wow thats a very cool story, nice post  :salute

Title: Re: Afghanistan vet granted eligibility by NCAA to play football
Post by: Ack-Ack on August 02, 2012, 04:42:52 PM

Quote from: katanaso on August 02, 2012, 03:13:39 PM

Why would he need approval by the NCAA and ACC?  He would still have college eligability.

I think it's due to his walk-on status.

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