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Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Captain Courageous
From this afternoon's Annapolis Capital, a Bill Wagner piece on Navy team captain Matt Fannin and his courageous return to the lineup despite having a torn ACL.

It's a good look at what Fannin has gone and is going through to play.

Just one small point we have to raise. Wagner writes:
At any other school, Fannin would have immediately underwent surgery, sat out the rest of the season and applied for a medical redshirt. Being a senior at the Naval Academy and five months away from commission, that wasn't an option.
Actually, that was not an option in Fannin's situation, regardless of where he was going to school. Under NCAA rules governing the medical hardship waiver, an athlete cannot have competed in more than 20 percent of their teams scheduled contests. Fannin had already played in 12 of Navy's 27-game (plus the tournament) season.

That takes nothing away from the courage Fannin is showing in trying to help his team.
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