Uniforms [or not?] at football games

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Is th is kind of cheer squad “appropriate” for a military academy? That is, part of the appeal to the public is seeing their cadets and mids looking sharp, with a military bearing, you might say “uniform.”</p>

<p>Does it take away somewhat from the Academy’s presentation by having a group of jersey-clad, shirtless, “hooligans” of the like that can be seen at any university? Especially when on TV.

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<p>You know I had read the Air Force Academy being call “Country Club U” by people at West Point and at Annapolis, but really felt that to be true when I watched the Army-Air Force game on ESPN a couple years ago at Army. </p>

<p>ESPN interviewed a high ranked cadet from West Point and everything was “yes sir,” military order-type stuff. Everyone around appeared to be in uniform, etc. Then they interviewed a high ranked cadet from AFA and it was as if this cadet was best buddies with the ESPN guy. There were some uniforms, but everything else appeared to be very lax.</p>