LETTERS; RACIAL CORRECTNESS IMPRACTICAL.

Jesse Jackson is finally onto something that I have to agree with: racial equality in sports. His criticism of the NFL for allowing the Green Bay Packers to fire coach Ray Rhodes (an African-American) is a cause worth pursuing.

Now to be racially correct, we must eliminate about 90 percent of all African-American athletes in the NFL, NBA and NCAA. We then must hire a group of whites, Latinos and Asians to create a perfect athletic rainbow coalition in the American sports world.

- FRANK CARLISIS

Calabasas

WHERE ARE LAKERS FANS?

I don't follow basketball that much, but the few times that I've glanced at the NBA standings, I've been impressed with the Lakers' performance this year. But if any of our players were to see the results of the phone question in your Monday issue (Are the Lakers the best team in the NBA? Answer: 4 percent), would they be tempted to relocate and become the Wyoming Lakers instead, perhaps?

If so, I certainly wouldn't blame them.

- TOM ROCKEY

North Hollywood

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