Murray’s Column Bugs Nebraska Fan

Jim Murray, next time you decide to rip into a successful athletic program [“Nebraska Ought to Be Ashamed,” Nov. 9], would you please try to be a little more objective? Nebraska has one of the highest graduation rates in Division I football and consistently has more academic All-Americans than other schools. Nebraska has a clean and respected program, despite what you may feel.

While no Nebraska fan is completely comfortable with Lawrence Phillips’ return, we would be even less comfortable with a program that refused to give a player a second chance and dumped him like a bag of trash. Phillips is a proven athlete who could have cashed in therapy, the classroom and institutional support for a fat check and an NFL jersey, but didn’t.

Everyone deserves a second chance, Mr. Murray, even you. Next time you write on Nebraska, maybe after our national championship in January, would you please demonstrate more objectivity and a little restraint?

J. MIKE MONASMITH

Los Angeles