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I'm not familiar with the Air Forces Football program, but if it's anything like Navy or Army, I'm pretty sure you have to enlist. Best of luck to this young man.

Not sure what you mean exactly. Enlistment is a totally different thing than commissioning, which is what you do at the Academy. Once you decide to go to the Academy you are paying your tuition with your commitment to serve as an officer in the Air Force for at least six years, eight if you are a pilot. If you leave before you earn your degree, you have to pay back all of the money the government has put into your education. Once you graduate, you are bound by your contract to the US Air Force and you must serve your six years. If you go to the Air Force Academy you have to play a sport, participation in athletics is a requirement at the Academy. It is a part of the Air Force's physical fitness program in Colorado Springs, not sure about the other academies though.