Vern J. Hansen, February 2003
My contempt for the man goes back to the game in which he was not allowed to play because of the steroid thing. I don't remember which game it was (Orange Bowl, maybe?) Seems as though it was for the National Championship, but it has been a lot of years, and all I recall is Bosworth's behavior.
He was allowed to parade up and down the sidelines wearing a tee shirt on which he had printed NCAA, National Communists Association of America.
The high school band from my home town of Stanton, Michigan was invited to perform at half-time. They held baked goods sales and concerts and worked for a year in order to raise money to pay their way to the game and were scheduled to perform at half-time.
None of the half-time festivities were shown on TV. All that we got to see was Bosworth parading around and mouthing off and a half-time devoted almost exclusively to talking to and about him.
I did manage to get a peek from an end zone shot and I saw the left sleeve of a band member's green uniform. I don't hate the man but I was pleased when he didn't last all that long in the NFL. Then of all things he goes to Hollywood. Is there no justice in this world?
There are millions of us who were never as good an athlete as Bosworth but we performed to the best of our ability and went about it without any fanfare. You must remember, everything you say and do has an effect sometime, somewhere on someone else's life. Even the high school band from Central Montcalm high school in Stanton, Michigan was affected by Bosworth's behavior. By the way, in 1951 we were champions in football (7-1), basketball (22-1) and track and field (undefeated) and we did it without steroids or pep pills.
Ric Perkins, April 2003 -- Oklahoma City, OK
To correct Vern Hanson. The NCAA shirt The Boz wore was National Communists Against Athletes.
