Great idea — for people who don’t need bathroom breaks

Great idea — for people who don’t need bathroom breaks

EDITOR:

I really enjoy watching college basketball on television, especially during tournament time. What I don’t enjoy is having to sit through all of the commercials that take up as much or more time than the actual game. I said to myself, there must be a way to shorten the TV game time by half and still keep the commercials. I gave this some serious thought for a few minutes and came up with a solution.

Instead of the players name and number on his or her uniform, the uniform would show the name of a product that is normally used in a commercial. During the game on TV or radio, the announcer would use the product name and not the player’s name. In this way the commercials are actually playing the game on the court. There would be no need for the time consuming commercials and that would cut the TV game time in half.

A few examples would be: “Wow, Mr. Clean really faked the twist cap right off of Bud Light when he made that jump shot.” “I saw it, but did you see the illegal screen set by Diet Coke and he actually got away with it.” “Wow, what a play by Southwest Airlines, he just flew to the basket and slammed it home.” “The Travelers Umbrella is taking up most of the 3 second area and Cadillac Escalade is having a difficult time driving around it.”

This format could also be used in football and baseball, a few examples would be: Ford F-150 is going back to pass, he throws, it’s intercepted by Chevy Suburban on the 50 yard line. Wow, what a tackle by Spic Span, he really cleaned his clock.” “A slight drizzle is coming down as WD 40 goes into his windup, there it comes, Coor’s Light hits a deep drive to left field, Murphy’s Oil Soap is on the run and makes a beautiful catch by the wall.”

Just think, if we shortened the TV games by half, we would have more time to do constructive things, like going over the list of chores given to you by your wife. On second thought ...

RUSSELL KNOEFEL

Youngstown

A message to the minister: better to forgive than damn

EDITOR:

The March 20 opinion page featured a well-written, provocative letter to the editor concerning the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. I believe the writer misunderstands why so many people are upset by the reverend.

I at least am not upset that he has problems with what he feels are America’s shortcomings, but rather his remedy for them. Instead of asking God to damn America, he perhaps should have asked God to forgive and have mercy on America.

Who is this America the reverend wants damned? America is “We The People.” You, Mr. Editor, me, and all the readers of your paper. Every citizen of this country.

I was raised to believe when you asked God to damn someone, you were asking God to damn that person to hell for eternity. I cannot think of anything I have done that would make the reverend to want me to burn in hell. I was also raised to believe that if I were to ask God to damn someone, I would probably be the one damned.

DONALD S. BROWN

Berlin Center