Deletion of Joe Cox (American football)

Comment: Failing  or  is nit a valid rationale for deletion. Those guidelines indicate certain athletes are inherently notable, it does not judge the notability of other athletes. In that case, general notability guidelines apply, and based on the sources shown by Strikehold, this subject meets those guidelines
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ATH||WP:NSPORT)

Comment: How many times do we have to do this:  (i.e. playing professionally) is NOT an exclusionary criterion, and therefore failing to meet it is not a valid reason for deletion. After going through just the first six of 16 pages of results for "'Joe Cox' quarterback" in Google News I found: http://www.ajc.com/sports/uga/georgia-quarterback-has-long-128892.html?imw=Y Atlanta Journal Constitution, http://www.wsbtv.com/sports/20729989/detail.html WSBTV, http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60F10F635550C778EDDA00894DE404482 New York Times, http://ucla.scout.com/a.z?s=12&p=2&c=265200&ssf=1&RequestedURL=http%3a%2f%2fucla.scout.com%2f2%2f265200.html Scout, http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/092209/foo_495875707.shtml Athens Banner-Herald, http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4465447 ESPN, http://www.newsok.com/georgias-cox-has-rocky-start/article/3400338 The Oklahoman, http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/082408/foo_322301677.shtml Athens Banner-Herald, http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2007/08/16/109400/richt-cox-may-appear-in-opener.html Ledger-Enquirer, http://www.athensexchange.com/articles/107 The Athens Exchange, http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CL&s_site=ledgerenquirer&p_multi=CL&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=12BBF3BA630D9260&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Ledger-Enquirer, http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/latest/lat_701535.shtml?quicktabs_5=2 The Augusta Chronicle, http://savannahnow.com/marc-weiszer/2006-12-15/cox-says-he-has-no-plans-leave-georgia Savannah Morning News, http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CO&s_site=charlotte&p_multi=CO&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FEB7C836EB83F66&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Charlotte Observer, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2008876872_apgeorgiaspringpractice.html The Seattle Times. There is no question whatsoever that the subject meets , as will almost every quarterback who has served as a starter for a major college football team
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ATH||WP:GNG)

Comment: Failing  is not a valid rationale for deletion, but not meeting  is, and I don't see any evidence in the article that it does. There are five sources cited in the article. Of the 5, one is a player stat page, another is a dead link at the UGA athletic department website, one is a blog dedicated to UGA football, another is an ESPN.com game report, and the last is a Rivals.com player profile. Which is to say, none of the above constitutes in-depth coverage by an independent, third party source. A quick Google search didn't get me anything beyond local coverage in Athens and Atlanta papers
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ATH||WP:GNG)

Comment: Nowhere in  does it say geography of the multiple, reliable, independent news sources comes into play at all. The above was a small sample of the press coverage of the subject, but even arbitrarily discounting those, these ESPN stories all focus exclusively on Cox: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4612350 Struggling Cox could stay benched, http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4476254 Shoulder malady latest for QB Cox, http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/3005/keeping-an-eye-on-cox Keeping an eye on Georgia's Cox, http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/2956/georgias-cox-confirms-shoulder-problems Georgia QB Cox confirms shoulder problems, http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4465447 Cox has injured throwing shoulder, http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/2716/cox-struggles-for-the-bulldogs Cox struggles for the Bulldogs, http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4448569 Georgia QB Cox set for Oklahoma St., http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4446301 Sources: Cox expected to play, http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/1549/kicking-it-with-georgia-s-joe-cox Kicking it with Georgia's Joe Cox, http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/1547/no-quarterback-drama-cox-is-the-man No quarterback drama, Cox is the man
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: Although the sourcing in the article is poor, it's quite evident from the sources provided here in the AFD discussion that there is significant coverage about him, including articles where he is the primary subject.   is irrelevant when the primary notability citeria are met
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ATHLETE)

Comment: the page is down, but it looks like the Sep 4, 2009 issue of USA Today had an article about him catching the flu... I'd say that if you catch the flu and USA Today writes about it, you're likely notable.  Passes  without playing professionally
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: The |GNG is more than met. Not meeting  is not a reason for deletion in this case
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:ATHLETE)