John Clay's Sidelines

"Dear John: I want you to know I agree with every word you wrote today.  I was born in Kentucky and have always been a Kentuckian. My formative years were spent in Louisville where I was on the J.V. basketball team at Male High School when Ralph Beard was a senior and he and others won the state championship. My first love then was football but I had suffered a severe hip injury jumping off a garage roof and couldn't get a clearance to play football. Incidentally, in high school Beard was every bit as good a football player as a basketball player.

"I've never thought that there's any comparison between football and the so-called "round ball game".  Every football game is an "event" and the sport in most parts of our beloved nation,especially the South, is practically on a level with religion.  Every game counts in football whereas in basketball a team could, theoretically, lose all it's regular season games but get hot in its conference tournament and win it.  Then go to the NCAA and win the national championship. Not so in football. To be considered for the national title a team has to play great almost from the opening game kick off. John, keep up the good work! The Herald sports section is the only reason I continue to take the liberal Herald."