In great part because of the support of Farm Bureau, we will be able to announce at the golf outing that some $10,000 will be donated to those causes—the causes which are the reason for our existence as an organization.

In the truest sense of the term, we could not have done any of this without you, the DSBA member. At the same time, I am worried about our business. I look at the roster of DSBA member broadcasters and others who find themselves on the outside looking in these days and I see a list of unemployed sportscasters which exceeds in its length anything which I have known before in my career. I truly believe that if we simply brought together all of the unemployed professionals we know and love as friends and whom we respect as colleagues that we could create the best radio or TV station in the history of sports broadcasting in Detroit. Just like you, I know so many who have been put out of work. I also know that this has happened through no fault of their own. While I know these things to be true, I also know that the tendency is to blame oneself. It’s simple human nature. I don’t know what to do about any of this. You can tell people to hang in there. You can hope the economy turns around and stations begin hiring again instead of laying off some more. Or you can hope that the new media picks up the slack. So, let’s do that. Let’s hope and let’s pray. And support your unemployed DSBA brother or sister any way you can, even if it’s only a smile or a slap on the back. Let’s see if we can’t get through this together.