The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was delete. The main point of concern was whether Mr Roche played in a fully professional league, and hence passes WP:ATHLETE. The votes for deletion focused upon this point, explained various reasons why the subject failed WP:ATHLETE. Those arguments were not adequately answered by the keepers. (pun intended :) ) \Backslash Forwardslash/ (talk) 23:39, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]