<p>Some additional clarification might be in order here.</p>
<p>CE implies that Brandon’s being from a “competitive state” has some impact upon his appointment to NAPS or non-appointment to USNA.</p>
<p>In fact, being appointed to NAPS implicitly indicates a candidate was not qualified for appointment to USNA. </p>
<p>And it also means that for whatever reason(s) USNA chose to “appoint” a candidate to NAPS, therefore circumventing any barriers, including “competitive state” issues.</p>
<p>In simple terms, a NAPS appointment has nothing to do with being from a competitive state. That is only an issue for those qualified to compete for an appointment to USNA, which by definition, NAPS candidates are not qualified. Thus introducing this issue to this discussion is informative and interesting (I wondered where the candidate is from) but of no consequence or importance to the issue.</p>