Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Travon Patterson


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The result was   delete.  MBisanz  talk 20:31, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Travon Patterson

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College football player that doesnt meet WP:Athlete Yankees10 20:42, 29 March 2009 (UTC) 
 * Not particularly notable yet. Delete, but restore if he becomes an established starter, or gets some significant NFL notice.  I'll always have the photo ready to go.  --Bobak (talk) 21:02, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Per Bobak. Not notable as of now so doesn't pass WP:ATHLETE, but if he ever plays professionally, then definetely recreate.-- Giants27 T/  C  22:18, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions.  — Giants27  T/  C  22:18, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Athletes-related deletion discussions.  — Giants27  T/  C  22:18, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete I would say speedily. No indication of notability to meet guidelines. ChildofMidnight (talk) 02:50, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:06, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 00:08, 3 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete, doesn't meet WP:ATHLETE yet, and the article can be restored if he ever plays a top level game. Lankiveil (speak to me) 12:41, 3 April 2009 (UTC).
 * Delete slowly Doesn't pass the A7 guidelines, but clearly doesn't pass the notability standards either. Nyttend (talk) 14:23, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment/Clarification -- It has been recognized that a college football player does not need to play in the NFL to meet the notability requirements. College football isn't like baseball, basketball, soccer or hockey in that it has no minor leagues (and it much larger than CFL or Arena).  Using any non-NFL league (like CFL or Arena) as an analogue is flawed.  With high school players required to wait three years before they can enter the NFL, a rule only recently lightly emulated with the NBA's one year rule, the current state of WP:Athlete is flawed for a sport that has no Olympics --There is an American Football World Cup, but nobody major plays in it because of the restrictions on professionals.  Just compare the revenues: The 44 schools from BCS conferences that played in a bowl game in 2007 had combined revenue of $1.3 billion., Bundesliga, had 2006–07 revenues of €1.3 billion ($1.7 billion). , UK's  Championship league 2005–06 revenues were £318 million ($470 million) (an average of £13 million ($20 million) per club) , and the Euroleague basketball organization has a combined annual revenue of less than $100 million.  Should we then assume no one starting in those leagues are as relevant?  Of course not.  --Bobak (talk) 16:29, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - Patterson passes WP:ATHLETE: highest amateur level of a sport. NCAA Division I football is the highest-level of amateur American football.  Grsz 11  19:21, 3 April 2009 (UTC)


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