Military academy question

Quick question. We had a kid going to Navy to play football who signed today.

Although I know it's not a traditional letter of intent, would he just be signing his appointment? I forgot to ask.

Thanks.

 

I wrote a story on one of our kids signing with Navy for tomorrow, and just called it a letter of intent. If it's wrong, hopefully someone here will let us know.

 

A Connecticut paper called it a LOI as well.

 

OK. Thanks. I'll call it that until told otherwise.

 

Navy does not participate in the National Letter of Intent, although it's possible the lowercase "letter of intent" might apply. http://www.navysports.com/compliance/navy-compliance.html

 

What about Army?

 

When dealing with Air Force in the past, I just said "signed to play [sport] with the Air Force Academy."

 

Our usage, and I've seen it elsewhere, has always been that said player "accepted an appointment" to one of the academies.

 

I'd think the rules stated here would apply to all three academies.

 

Yeah, there are no athletic scholarships, so I don't think you can sign one. Everyone's on the same full scholarship. Basically all he's doing is saying that he'll play football at Navy. I'm not sure it carries any more weight than "signing" with a D-III. It may, though, since his recruitment/admission may be partially based on football.

 

"Accepted an appointment" is correct. As far as I know, those who have committed to service academies don't sign anything on signing day. They don't finalize their commitments until the summer.

 

Not according to the kid I covered yesterday morning.

His coach said he was going to fax his signed papers in.