As someone who played high school football at a Texas powerhouse, I have noticed that since the early 1970s the left has been at war with football at the school level, Wally was just about the last TV or movie, school figure (HS or college)that could play football and still be seen as good, nice, intelligent, normal.
For decades, being a football player, or later, cheerleader, or now, an attractive blond girl, means you are the villain, or at least shallow, mean, and stupid.
The left likes soccer, even the good guy on TV can be a soccer player.
“... means you are the villain, or at least shallow, mean and stupid”.
Absolutely agree, Ansel12. Movies and television shows portray the football player as a moron, bully and the type of guy who rapes a girl. What isn’t known by some is that at the high school level, for example.. the players have to manage not only practice time, game time but their grades and homework. Talk about time management (I may be biased since I am involved a bit in the high school level).