NFL in L.A.

Congratulations to David Friedman for his well-researched “The Folly of Stadia Mania” (Opinion, Aug. 29), which documents how big-time professional sports teams really don’t add much to the economies of mega-cities like L.A.

It should be required reading for officials who want public funds used to build stadiums, when the money would be better used for education, transportation, health care and other needs that would improve our lives in this great city. We have learned to live without professional football. In fact, when the Rams and Raiders were playing here during their declining years, we were living without professional football already.

ARTHUR A. LORD

Tarzana