21.   Football has January.

22.   Football itself has a long history of ceremony and ritual.

23.   Football still has that appeal to me.

24.   Football has had a calming influence on Erickson in these turbulent times.

25.   Football has its Lawrence Taylors and Leon Letts.

26.   Football has the Super Bowl, baseball has the World Series and horse racing has the Kentucky Derby.

27.   Football has two executives other than Upshaw who make more than most traditional union leaders.

28.   Football still has a tenuous hold on fan interest because a healthy percentage of the stars, like John Elway and Brett Favre, are white.

29.   Football has its end zone, sacred ground to be struggled and striven for, defended like Stalingrad one minute, laid siege to the next.

30.   Football has to be seen on television or in person to be appreciated.