Coliseum and NFL

Frank del Olmo (Commentary, Oct. 10) astutely notes that the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is alive and well and financially viable, even without NFL football, and serves as a focal point for the renaissance of the entire Exposition Park campus. The return of NFL football under the appropriate terms would be beneficial to L.A., to the Coliseum and to the neighborhood. It is unfortunate that the NFL has been unable to find a way to bring professional football back to Los Angeles. When it does, the Coliseum remains the best possible place to put a team.

As one of the nation’s most venerable sports landmarks, the Coliseum has played an important part in NFL history. There’s no reason why a renovated, state-of-the-art Coliseum should not continue to play that role in the future.

SHELDON H. SLOAN, Pres.

Coliseum Commission, L.A.

* Now that L.A. is not getting an NFL franchise, perhaps Ed Roski, Eli Broad and Michael Ovitz can turn their considerable clout and fund-raising abilities to something more useful--like raising money for L.A.’s schools. I’m sure the Los Angeles Unified School District is more in need of $700 million than the NFL.

SPENCER KRULL

Los Angeles