"If drafted, I will defer and, if elected, I will resign".
Even if draft bill is shelved in the weeks ahead, rampant homophobia in Uganda won't go away.
No way, Sherman said, in language that could not have been more emphatic: "If drafted, I will not run.
If Drafted, They Will Play Players usually do not get to the major leagues the year they are drafted, but three players from last year's draft did.
Rudd says he is sticking to his word that he would only accept the job if "drafted" into the post by an overwhelming majority of caucus.
It appears as if draft picks like cornerback Fred Smoot will make the Redskins a good team again in the near future -- just not now.
When commission members asked if he would change his mind, he initially answered with a Shermanesque statement: "If drafted, I will not run; if nominated, I will not accept; if elected, I will not serve".
General Petraeus has even invoked the reply of another much-courted general, William Tecumseh Sherman: "If drafted, I will not run; if nominated, I will not accept; if elected, I will not serve".
"If drafted, he has several options, not the least of which is playing professional baseball in the majors, an enviable opportunity for hundreds if not thousands of aspiring baseball players around the world," Judge James Whittemore said in denying the injunction.
