Talk:United States national American football team

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[edit] Was the US-Japan Game Broadcasted in the US?

or WILL it be broadcasted state-side? ESPN maybe? -Northridge18:51, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

No it didn't have enough funding but it was broadcasted in Japan. SOADLuver 04:54, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Restrictions make no sense - typo?

The restrictions listed in the article make no sense. The restriction against professional players is reasonable. Then, the next three restrictions state that a nominee cannot be a college player, cannot be more than 1 year out of college, and must be pert of the NCAA. Meeting those restrictions, the only people who qualify are those who played for an NCAA team, but are not on any college team anymore, and no more than 1 year out of college. It sounds like it is limited only to those who were injured to the point of not playing anymore. -- Kainaw(what?) 23:56, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

No players that just graduated are eligible. SOADLuver 04:54, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
The article states nobody that "left college more than 1 year ago" is eligible. That means that they must be less than 1 year out of college. Is it supposed to be "nobody less than 1 year out of college is eligible"? -- Kainaw(what?) 17:56, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
No, it is supposed to say what it does. This year, USA Football only allowed just graduated former college players (who graduated no more than 1yr ago and who were not drafted or otherwise signed with a pro team). In fact, they had to be a college graduate, with the team makeup including Division IA, IAA, II, III and NAIA schools. The purpose was to be a cross-section of amateur football and thus that was their restrictions on what players would be eligible. I will re-write that section as well as put the players into a table or something to clean that up too...maybe including a breakdown of number of players from each collegiate level.--otduff t/c 18:00, 17 July 2007 (UTC)