Re “Patriots coach Bill Belichick declines Presidential Medal of Freedom from Trump” (BostonGlobe.com, Jan. 11): In the fall of 1960, high school friends and I climbed the fence at what was then called Boston University Field to watch the brand-new Boston Patriots football team. Through win or lose, during 61 seasons, it never occurred to me I’d ever dump the Patriots, but had Bill Belichick taken the Presidential Medal of Freedom from that man, I’d have been done.
Richard Derby
Needham