Not so far-fetched my FRiend. 
The Army does not have the luxury of recruiting anything but warriors.
While the other services have enough "manpower" to siphon off their folks to man desks at the BOQ and VOQ and other base activities, the Army has to hire
contractors to do that because they are stretched too thin. The same holds true for the officer corps. The Army can't afford to lessen the standards a bit to attract athletes in lieu of military aptitude. The Air Force did it for years and the Navy does it now.
I, for one, am glad to be associated with an military service that is more concerned with defending the nation than fielding a football team.