It’s Going to Be Tough to Walk This One Off

I found the recent article about USC’s treatment of walk-on basketball players very disgusting.

However, I am not surprised. By all accounts, Henry Bibby treated his own child like a walk-on son.

MARK PARKER

Bakersfield

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I am appalled and outraged at Henry Bibby’s disgustingly classless treatment of his walk-on players. I am the parent of a scholarship athlete at a Pac-10 school, and I would yank her off that team faster than you can say “egotistical moron” if I heard that her coach didn’t treat his walk-ons with basic human kindness and dignity. No wonder that we are producing such immature, immoral young athletes.

CATHERINE WIRTZ

Westlake Village

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I’d give my left eye to play basketball for USC. I would wear a uniform to the arena and buy my own ticket if I was asked to and I was going to be on the court from time to time. I agree that Bibby handled this badly, but if you walk on to a top-25 team and get to play at times, you should consider yourself blessed. I wish you had realized how good you had it.

Moral of the story, when it’s an hour before game time, only discuss the game with the coach, nothing else.

JUSTIN CRANE

Los Angeles