<p>So let me get this straight… he is a good, if not great pitcher. Had he been available “full” time he would have gone near the top of the draft. So that in its self says that the Navy should look the other way, accommodate him, because he is good enough to play professional ball. So, my Midshipman, who sits almost at the top of the class, in an Engineering major, sits near the top of the class in Military OOM. He would like to attend Law School post Academy. He has the grades to make it into ANY top law school in the Nation. You might say he could be drafted for Law school in the first round. Given that there are alumni that think that a ball player should be accommodated, should not the Academician also be accommodated? The bottom line is that every Midshipman knows the service obligation when they sign their 2 for 7 papers. HE SHOULD NOT HAVE SIGNED IF HE WANTED A MAJOR LEAGUE CAREER, just the same as the scholar who wants a different career path than line officer should have thought about it before attending USNA. Choices… sometimes in life we cannot have it all.</p>