Deletion of Jon Cooper

Comment: He was a three-year starter at a major college program (Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma) in the Bowl Championship Series|BCS, and was recognized by one of the top BCS conferences twice, which is no small feat. He started on the national championship runner-up team last season, and started on a team in a BCS bowl all three years. It's generally a safe bet that someone with a resume like that is going to pass  through media coverage, even at an unglamorous position like center (American football)|center: http://oklahoma.scout.com/a.z?s=146&p=2&c=865760&ssf=1&RequestedURL=http%3a%2f%2foklahoma.scout.com%2fa.z%3fs%3d146%26p%3d2%26c%3d865760 Scout.com, http://oklahoma.scout.com/a.z?s=146&p=2&c=461994&ssf=1&RequestedURL=http%3a%2f%2foklahoma.scout.com%2f2%2f461994.html Scout.com, http://texastech.scout.com/a.z?s=188&p=2&c=827526&ssf=1&RequestedURL=http%3a%2f%2ftexastech.scout.com%2fa.z%3fs%3d188%26p%3d2%26c%3d827526 Scout, http://iowa.scout.com/a.z?s=8&p=2&c=292601&ssf=1&RequestedURL=http%3a%2f%2fiowa.scout.com%2f2%2f292601.html Scout, http://moreresults.factiva.com/results/index/index.aspx?ref=OKC0000020060914e29d0000p ''The Oklahoman'', http://www.sportingnews.com/cfootball/articles/20071129/966865-p.html ''The Sporting News'', http://www.rivals.com/content.asp?cid=812385 Rivals.com, http://www.rivals.com/barrier_noentry.asp?ReturnTo=&sid=&script=content.asp&cid=860889&fid=&tid=&mid=&rid= Rivals, http://www.rivals.com/barrier_noentry.asp?ReturnTo=&sid=&script=content.asp&cid=840593&fid=&tid=&mid=&rid= Rivals, http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_070001125.html ''The Norman Transcript'', http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/andy_staples/01/07/ou.line/?cnn=yes ''Sports Illustrated'', http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-17416262_ITM ''The Tulsa World'', http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/19/fort-collins-cooper-bulks-combine/ ''Rocky Mountain News'', http://newsok.com/article/3173358/1196012387 ''The Oklahoman'', http://newsok.com/article/2976711/ ''The Oklahoman'', http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DP&p_theme=dp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1258EAB2A2BE0B00&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM ''The Denver Post'', http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-17573055_ITM ''The Financial Times'', etc. That's after sorting through half of http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22jon+cooper%22+oklahoma&scoring=a&hl=en&ned=us&um=1&sa=N&start=110 these Google News hits
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: This looks like it's heading for a "keep", meaning that we have one more example of American exceptionalism. The Wikiprojects for Association football|football, cricket, the rugby codes, the Gaelic sports, Australian rules football etc. have no problem with sticking to , and those project members are usually the first to call for deletion of articles on players that don't pass the guideline. Why can't North American sports be subject to the same rules as everone else? And please don't claim that the subject has had coverage in the ''Financial Times'' - that report is from ''University Wire
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ATHLETE)

Comment: he has not competed at the fully professional level of a sport as per  with no real additional notability, and so just like in every other sport, he should be deleted. Yes, college/university sport is taken more seriously in America, and Wikipedia should acknowledge this, but doing so player-by-player (matt91486, above) because it is popular in America really would be an example of American exceptionalism. Special:Contributions/81.96.65.76|81.96.65.76
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ATHLETE)