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The result was keep. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 23:55, 25 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Jon Abbate[edit]

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Abbate never actually played in the NFL. He bounced from team to team due to injuries and failing a physical. His college career was not distinguished enough to justify an article on its own. The article was kept back in 2007, but back then we had much less rigid inclusion criteria. John Pack Lambert (talk) 05:45, 18 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. He passed WP:GNG back in 2007 when the last AfD resulted in a "keep" decision, and there is no reason to revisit the decision. Examples of the significant coverage in reliable sources include: (1) this; (2) this; (3) this; and (4) this from The New York Times. There was even a feature film (The 5th Quarter) made about his story. See (5) this, (6) this, and (7) this. A book was also written about the 2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team that goes into Abbate's story. See (8) here. Cbl62 (talk) 09:59, 18 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Cbl62. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 20:17, 18 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Cbl62's sources. Meets WP:GNG and WP:BASIC. Ejgreen77 (talk) 15:36, 21 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 01:31, 24 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per Cbl62. Lepricavark (talk) 01:44, 24 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep notability is not temporary.--Paul McDonald (talk) 13:24, 24 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Passed WP:GNG.CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 21:55, 25 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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