Letter: Campus needs to show more support for football
(10/04/02 4:00am)
Over the past year, I have become appalled at the way the Duke community has been treating its varsity football team. From condescending Chronicle articles to everyday pessimistic cracks around campus, it's becoming ridiculous. The basketball players are revered as gods on this campus, yet those unlucky enough to be talented at football are seen as comic relief and easy targets for offhand remarks. This dedicated group of student-athletes is the only one who can withstand the amount of pressure placed upon it, physically as well as academically, while constantly being told by their own peers they've failed.