Letter to the Editor

Four years ago, in a one room office, in the middle of Kansas, our magazine American Football Quarterly was born. As with most ideas, initially it was a "labor of love" for the few involved in the project. But the love affair that was shared by just a few grew to an overwhelming outpouring of devotion throughout the country. As soon as coaches heard about what quickly became known as AFQ, they had to have it. Thousands sent in their subscription cards and thousands more called the office to order the magazine they saw on a friend or colleague's desk. AFQ was the first magazine to speak directly to the coach. Talking to them in their language and concerning topics that they wanted and needed to know about. Whether it was the heartbreaking story of Coach Wayne McDuffie, who committed suicide when he found himself fired and without a job for the first time in his career; the lessons of