Kneel-Down Football Is a Prejudiced Game

Re: “Christian College Challenges Rule” [Sept. 1]:

The new rule forbidding football players from kneeling in prayer after a touchdown is a good one because it prevents the favoring of offensive players.

Most linemen and defensive players spend their entire careers without scoring a touchdown. If we are to have personal religious displays by those who carry the ball, then those non-carrying players should also have their moment to kneel in thanks for having made a great block or tackle. Perhaps a time for prayer should be allowed after each play for those who feel the need.

In defense of logic, the same religious player who thanks God for a touchdown should also shake his angry fist toward heaven when he is stopped at the one-yard line. May I suggest that just as we have separation of church and state, we also have separation of church and sport.

GEORGE WOOD

Malibu