Q: Class of '81 may be interested in sponsoring a trophy given to the service academy that claims the most sports victories over the other service academies in a given year. This is similar in concept to the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy. Except it extends to the record in all sports, or at least a subset of sports where the academies compete against each other. Would there be any interest in this from the USNA? - asked by: Jim Ahlgrimm -
A: Jim, the problem is that we don't play each other in many sports. The distance between Air Force and West Point, and Air Force and Annapolis, is such that it's cost prohibitive to regularly send out teams. The same holds for Air Force and their ability to fund considerable travel to the East Coast when they have the demands of the Mountain West to deal with. Obviously, Army and Navy compete in just about everything that we offer. However, the Air Force tie is something we've talked about on many occasions but haven't been able to resolve for financial reasons. Keep in mind that although an Army/Navy/Air Force sports trophy and rivalry is a wonderful idea, we get quite a bit of mileage as it currently stands out of our N* competition exclusively with Army.
- answered by: Chet Gladchuk
