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The result was keep. he made his professional debut. . - Philippe 02:34, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Danleigh Borman (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

Contested prod. Player fails WP:BIO#Athletes as he has never played in a fully professional league [1] (the PDL is not professional). Claiming that he will play (as the article's creator has done on his talk page) is a violation of WP:CRYSTAL, as for all we know he may get injured and have to retire before ever playing. The article can easily be recreated as soon as he actually crosses the threshold and makes an appearance. пﮟოьεԻ 57 14:54, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• • Move to withdraw as he now meets the criteria, having made his debut at the weekend. пﮟოьεԻ 57 12:39, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football related deletions. пﮟოьεԻ 57 14:54, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Per WP:ATHLETE, Borman has played in the Rhode Island Stingrays, the U.S. top-level amateur men's competition of the United Soccer Leagues, leading his team in 2006 in goals. - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 15:07, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• The criteria you refer to uses the phrase "highest level in amateur sports" - not "amateur league". Football is not an amateur sport in countries like the USA where there is a professional league. If we accepted the "amateur league" interpretation, then we'd end up with tonnes of articles on Football Conference and Scottish Second Division players, which is why WP:FOOTY seems to have a consensus on this issue. пﮟოьεԻ 57 15:16, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. NN Dreamspy (talk) 18:29, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - I don't believe the player's collegiate or amateur performances are sufficient to confer notability. Re-create after player has appeared in a fully professional league. Jogurney (talk) 18:43, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep now that he has appeared in a fully professional league. Jogurney (talk) 20:51, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment FYI, Borman is projected to start on Saturday night in New York's season opener. I think it would make sense to keep this AfD open through Saturday night and make a decision based on whether or not he gets in the game. --Balerion (talk) 13:11, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • It shouldn't be closed until Sunday anyway. As with the last one, I'll withdraw it if he plays. пﮟოьεԻ 57 13:21, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mmmmm - There seems to be no record of him playing for South Africa. His uncle, Randall, played for the national Under-20s and Under-23s, but there's no record at safa's official site of DANLEIGH playing for S Africa. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.30.153.18 (talk) 11:08, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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