Alex Karras

Alex Karras was sorely missed as the Green Bay Packers took the Detroit Lion defense apart

THE OFFENDERSSirs:I've read every issue of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED since you've been in business, but I think this time you went too far (Players Are Not Just People, April 29).

•Norm Van Brocklin, Minnesota Viking coach, on Alex Karras' admission that he bet on NFL games: "Karras must have been playing without his helmet the last couple of years."

Rumors of betting have led some critics to question the honesty of professional football. But the fault, so far, seems to lie in naiveté rather than in covert finagling