Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cass Tech Technicians Football

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The result was delete. Courcelles 07:07, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Cass Tech Technicians Football

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Article is about a high school football program. It's laden with non-neutral wording, such as "Cass Tech has become a must-stop for recruiters," without sources to back it up. Nothing in the article shows that it's particularly notable; there are thousands of prep football programs in the US, but relatively few are notable enough to warrant an article, and nothing here looks any different. It's also far too much detail to merge into the Cass Technical High School article—the table of pro athletes, for example, could be condensed with selected athletes in the Notable alumni section, but not in the length it is currently (and certainly not with the non-free pictures!)—but the title should not remain as a redirect. —C.Fred (talk) 04:44, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. -- Jclemens-public (talk) 06:29, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, Borderline speedy, high school sports teams are almost never notable. this program looks to have had a number of notable alumni and success- info that can be incorporated into the school's main article. Note: I removed the pictures of the alumni, they all had copyright violations and are up for speedy deletion on Wikimedia Commons. Bhockey10 (talk) 06:52, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete High schools themselves are almost always notable here, athletic programs at high schools are almost never notable. There is no indication here that this program is an exception. I encourage these enthusiastic editors to try another wiki that is better suited for these topics. If one doesn't exist, I'll donate the first five bucks to WikiHighSchoolSports.org if anyone wants to start it.--Paul McDonald (talk) 14:00, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. —• Gene93k (talk) 20:29, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Would require a complete rewrite to deal with the NPOV concerns, and then satisfying WP:N is going to be a darn tough road. Some info can be merged into the school's main article, but the rest just doesn't belong here, sadly. There may be a couple of high school football teams that are notable, but it's going to be a rare case indeed and I see no evidence this is one of them. Zachlipton (talk) 06:18, 7 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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