Whining and Winning: Does It Really Matter?

I don’t know Bret Johnson. I do know quarterbacks and kids.

Sure, Johnson may have made a bum call in walking out on UCLA after he got demoted from the starting QB job. But what is the kid--19?

This isn’t Saddam Hussein invading Kuwait. Or Nixon justifying Watergate. This isn’t even a big-bucks pro quarterback who presumably has some maturity and accountability.

Is this reason enough for Mike Downey to vilify the young man?

Wonder why L.A. is the quarterback controversy capital of the Western world?

SALLY CAPPON

Santa Barbara