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The local Valley News has a story under the headline, Giving Vets a Boost: Dartmouth Graduate Works to Link Military, Sports, that details an initiative called Athletes of Valor.
Former Big Green football/baseball player and U.S. Marines company commander Jason Blydell '08 is director of sales and development for the effort started by another former Swampscott, Mass., that provides free help connecting veterans with college coaches. Athletes of Valor also is working to develop connections that will lead to internships and professional opportunities for veterans.
Blydell told the newspaper:
“A lot of (veterans) think, ‘I’m too old’ or ‘I’m ineligible,’ neither of which are true. They don’t realize that the opportunity is there, that a lot of coaches are looking for players of their character and abilities.”And:
“We’re essentially trying to flip the recruitment model. Whereas a lot of recruitment sites charge high school kids to post their profiles, we feel like veterans offer unique value to college sports programs, and we’re working with athletic departments that feel the same way.”Athletes of Valor notes that 50 percent of veterans graduate from college while 85 percent of student-athletes collect their degrees. That is at least in part because athletes have "regimented, busy schedules," a "powerful network of resources," the necessity to "work as a unit," and "eat, sleep, study (and) train together," much as it is in the military.
The Valley News story includes comments from Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens about former Big Green running back and Army veteran Kevin Price.
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The Sheboygan Press has a story about the Green Bay Packers' flirtation with the Mobile Virtual Player developed at Dartmouth. From the story:Coach Mike McCarthy hasn’t yet added robotic tackling dummies into the Packers’ practice regimen, but don’t be surprised if he does in the next year or two.And:
“It didn’t work out this year, but it’s a good product. You never really want to be first on things, you never want to be last. I think any new product there’s some hiccups you work through. But I think it’s an excellent, excellent product.”
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Ballpark Digest has a story under the headline Select MLB Ballparks Set to Host College Football.Dartmouth gets two mentions in the story, which lists games this fall at Fenway Park, Yankee Stadium, Target Field, Chase Field and Tropicana Field and future games at SunTrust Park, Yankee Stadium and possibly Wrigley Field.
Of interest in addition to the Dartmouth-Brown game this fall and Dartmouth-Princeton in 2019 is the game at Target described this way:
Arguably the biggest football rivalry in the state of Minnesota is going to the Show in 2017. The Division III University of St. Thomas will host St. John’s University on September 23. The “Johnnie-Tommie Game” (or is it Tommie-Johnnie?) will be the first football game for Target Field since it opened in 2010.
