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I appreciate your anecdotal evidence. I, in no way, am saying he should be accepted in the MIL overweight and unable to fully pass his physical. I am just having a hard time swallowing that, if what the charge is to be true, that they would go light on his physical training until it was too late for Waudby to be able to pass his test. Now he has to pay back his scholarship. It wasn't a loan, it was a scholarship he earned.

Schools do have a reputation for bending the rules for athletes. Makes one wonder if that is what they did for him.

I certainly agree with you, that if the academy made things too easy on him until it was too late he should not be held responsible. however, the bike test is, from what i have been told, just as hard if not harder than the actual run test. the run test standard is 2 miles in 16:37, as stated in the article. for the bike test you must be able to bike 10 kilometers in a specified period of time. don't quote me on this, but i believe the time standard for that is 18 minutes. i have never taken the bike test, but i understand it is actually quite difficult. again, that is anecdotal evidence, so take it for what you will.