Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33287020-20190402180057/@comment-26018514-20190702191152

Sentry 616 wrote:

73.Anon.52 wrote:I think the insinuation in that case is rather clear... they were either rejects of their years of schooling who never got jobs until the shortage of huntsmen... or they were dropouts with maybe a year or two of schooling. I was talking to you. Once again, you're pulling stuff from nowhere. How so? Qrow himself says they aren't proper huntsmen or competent, they displayed utter incompetence in combat and were cowed by Qrow flashing his license, something they never even tried reciprocating. proper etiquette dictates if you are a professional and someone brings up that you are unqualified while showing their license, that if you are confident in your qualification you show yours... they didn't.

This doesn't automatically indicate that they are unlicensed, but it does say that even if they are licensed they don't have confidence in their abilities, thus "rejects" who graduated bottom of their class.