Mailbox: Ohio State football proves Dispatch writers to be wrong with win at Penn State
Brian WhiteHave more comments, questions? Reach out to me at [email protected]. Letters are lightly edited for clarity.
On Ohio State football
To the editor: I saw where every Dispatch sports writer picked Penn State over the Buckeyes. C’mon. You guys are supposed to be hometown reporters. One in particular, your Michigan man, is always negative, and he gets the most ink. Send him back north!
Tom Rutan
To Tom: Bill, Joey and Rob are hometown reporters, meaning they report the hometown. That's different from cheering for the hometown. As I've said, this town has enough cheerleaders in its media. Our task is to be fair and to be trusted to deliver balanced reporting.
To Brian: With big Buckeye games still ahead, Gus Johnson and Joel Klatt will probably set a record for games announced by national broadcasters for one team in a season. While some may disagree, I always enjoyed Brent Musburger and Dick Vermeil. But for me, these guys take the top shelf now. The knowledgeable Joel Klatt fills his roll well, and how nice it would be if everyone approached life with the positivity of world-famous Gus Johnson.
Dennis Singleton, Dayton
To Dennis: I think Johnson and Klatt make a very good team. Klatt is consistently solid and informative, and his midweek tweets continue that. Johnson is fun, but I've noticed more and more folks I talk to say they're getting tired of his shtick.
To the editor: Lou Holtz can suck an egg. These Buckeyes are tough nuts and are the biggest roosters in the barnyard this year and the championship banner awaits them.
Michael Oser, Columbus
On sports on TV
Dear Editor: In this day and age of high tech with high-resolution cameras everywhere, why is there not a camera looking directly down the out-of-bounds line and goal line in every sport at the college and professional level? This would immensely improve on the ability of referees to call plays correctly. It’s ironic that we can clearly photograph a shoe-box-sized object on Mars but we still have to rely on odd camera angles with poor resolution cameras to try and make correct calls on the athletic fields here on earth.
Chet Ridenour Sr., Worthington
To Chet: Exactly. This something that has baffled me for years. All that technology, yet no clear goal-line cam.
On the Los Angeles Dodgers
To Brian: I don't give a lot of attention to professional sports. But I was amazed to learn that the World Series champion L.A. Dodgers had a (preseason, player) payroll of $241 million. Add on the tax, and it's $339 million. However, the revenue for 2024 was $549 million. Their operating income is a mere $26 million. Are the two categories related? I'm uncertain how the number crunchers arrive at such figures. Anyway, the $26 million is an increase of nearly 87% over the last two seasons. Tickets average $52 a seat. That part sounds reasonable for California's economy, considering they've invested a ton on the future. Purchased in 2012 for $2 billion (today's worth is nearly 5.5 billion), these numbers are head spinning. To me, it's another universe. "Mr. Sulu, Warp 5. Let's go home."
Larry Cheek, Dublin
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