Of course, given his huge (at that time) contract and the fact he'd been classified IV-F for the draft (military, not NFL!), he really wasn't taken very seriously by the media at that point.
So some wag asked him, “Hey, Namath, what did you study at Alabama - basket weaving?”
Reply: “Hell, no! Something a lot simpler than that!”
“Oh yeah? What?”
Joe's reply was a curt, “Journalism!”
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LOL!!! Thanks for sharing. I always did like Broadway Joe.