To the editor:

Hooey. Spin. Sunspots they said. CBS spokespersons blamed it on sunspots. They think we are all dumb as dirt. KU is striving for the sole possession of the Big 12 season title and a great chance of being awarded one of only four NCAA tournament top seeds. We are playing our most hated rival on their home court who are on an 11-0 run narrowing our lead to almost nil and there are only 3.5 minutes left to play. And what happens? Somebody pulled our plug and plugged in two unrated teams game just starting. At the time, no explanation or follow up.

Truth. True, there were sunspots occurring recently but they ended days ago. True, no other occurrences of sunspot-related communication failures reported anywhere. Do you know anyone who had difficulty with their cell phone or Internet or other TV and radio communications? Truth, CBS had no trouble providing a perfectly clear, interruption free replay of the entire second half of the KU-MU game later in the day. How were they able to do that if sunspots interfered with their electronics?

My guess is that the switch over was driven by sponsorship money, not electrical interference, and was intentional. How convenient that the so-called sunspot related network problem came at the right moment to switch to the other game just in time to transmit the game starting tipoff.

I certainly hope CBS gets their heads screwed on right before the start of the NCAA national tournament games.