Walt Loves the Bearcat excerpt
NOTE: Some excerpts have been altered for logistical purposes.
"The game of football does not come naturally to LA."
"The game of football doesn’t come naturally to the energy that is
LA. Football is a universe based on a grid with sides. LA has no sides. LA doesn’t take sides. LA is an all-encompassing
universe all its own, where anyone can become anything, literally. No sides to that argument. Hollywood, LA—same diff—both
are powered by dreams that redefine what’s possible. How? By dreaming of, then doing the impossible. Right now,
no one in LA is dreaming a big enough football dream that represents! As the kids say.”
“Represents what,
Bear?”
“The rest of the beauty that is LA beyond this Coliseum, starting with what’s on the other
side of the street, the ghetto. The only dream that can truly captivate all of LA is one that represents all of LA in a way
that says all of LA has an equal shot at the Football Super Dream, regardless of color or economic status, or what
kind of Sugar a man prefers. And LA can spot a phony owner slash dreamer in a heartbeat. In the early 80s, the New
Yorkers came in droves. In exchange for showing them how to dream the warmer dream, they showed us a thing or two about detecting
bullshit. Big Ups to the Big Apple. You too, Motownphilly!”
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