Letter: Hansen's Still Disrespectful and Rude After 40 Years

Another poorly written Greg Hansen column appeared Sunday's sports section. In the first couple of sentences he stated that the University of Texas at El Paso and University of New Mexico campuses were nothing more than "country bumpkin" locations from the University of Arizona's Western Athletic Conference days. The rest of the article was cast aside because of such rude remarks. It was clear that Hansen needs some basic manners and needs to get to the point of the article before he disparages other schools and cities he clearly knows nothing about. El Paso and Albuquerque are large cities in the same class as Tucson. I have lived in all three cities, and they are all fine places to live.

About 40 years ago I sent a letter similar to this to protest a statement that something was about as entertaining as a "UTEP Wyoming game." UTEP and Wyoming had better won-loss records than UofA that year. Hansen still inserts disparaging remarks before he ever makes his point.

Fran Gordon

Green Valley

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