LETTERS : DIRTY TACTICS IN FOOTBALL MUST STOP; SUSPENDING PLAYERS IS A GOOD WAY TO DO IT.My son played tailback for Crespi High and Valley College. After he is tackled, the opposing players are biting, pinching, punching (and) scratching. Officials see this happening and do nothing to prevent it. If this behavior isn't unsportsmanlike conduct Unsportsmanlike conduct (or unsporting behaviour, or archaically ungentlemanly conduct) is a term used in many professional sports to refer to a particular player or team who have acted inappropriately and/or unprofessionally in the context of the game. , what is? After a few players get suspended for this behavior, the message will get out that high school, college and pro teams won't excuse this conduct anymore. If you stop it at all levels of football now, in six or seven years no player would even think of doing it. - SCOTT BARBOUR Scott Barbour (born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a businessman. He is currently the CEO of Turbine Solutions, an airplane engine company. Barbour joined the United States Air Force in 1981 and worked as a maintenance mechanic and began taking an interest in aviation. Woodland Hills Stop the profound writer To (football columnist) Norman Chad Norman Chad is a Los Angeles-based sportswriter and syndicated columnist who is frequently seen on the sports channel ESPN. Alongside sportscaster Lon McEachern, Chad is perhaps the best-known commentator on the World Series of Poker for ESPN. : Your column is getting more readable, more serious, even profound. Please stop it. - STEVE ROSS Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, Punishment unbalanced You can punch your girlfriend (or) throw her down stairs, but if you want to play in a bowl game, don't dare accept sportswear from an agent. - GENO GENO Galactic Empire of the New Order (Star Wars) TRUNZO Mission Hills Robinson worth more After a career of great coaching, John Robinson Several notable individuals have been named John Robinson: Politicians
v. o·ver·paid , o·ver·pay·ing, o·ver·pays v.tr. 1. To pay (a party) too much. 2. To pay an amount in excess of (a sum due). v.intr. To pay too much. , unnecessary ``civil servants'' off the taxpayer dole. Judging by the salaries of the county, they get paid a lot better for a lot less work than John ever did. - STANLEY J. GHOUTI Glendale Racial charge absurd The contention that lack of coverage for Grambling coach Eddie Robinson's final game was racially motivated is absurd. There is no questioning Robinson's ability as a coach: He sent more than 200 proteges to the NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga . But to think that a coach at a small predominantly African-American university is as well-known or visible as a Dean Smith or Tom Osborne is fantasy. Grambling does not play Division I football, a fact that would have severely altered his won-loss record. (Lauren Ukkerd's) letter suggests Coach Robinson had to overcome obstacles Dean Smith never had to deal with. What are the obstacles for an African-American coach at an African-American university recruiting African-American athletes? - DICK BANK Los Angeles Manning was robbed Peyton Manning holds more than 19 school records, passed for more than 11,000 yards, had a 35-5 mark as a starter and won the SEC championship, and the Heisman goes to a defensive player who ranked 69th in offense, averaged 11 yards on kick returns and won one game for his team against Ohio State. Manning got robbed, and so did Hugh Green of Pittsburgh and Deion Sanders of Florida State. I hope Charles Woodson is drafted by the Tennessee Oilers. - GENO TRUNZO Mission Hills CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Was enough coverage given to the retirement of Grambling football coach Eddie Robinson? Daily News File Photo |
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