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J.T. Curtis seemingly had done it all by 1991, winning championship after championship in the 80s.Yet, he believed high school athletes weren’t receiving the recognition they deserved.

“These (kids) are really the foundation people for what are community is going to be,” he said. “Ninety-nine percent of the kids that play high school athletics are not going on to play in college. They need that positive reinforcement. The publicity that says, ‘you’re doing a good thing. The community appreciates you.’”

So in 1991, Curtis teamed up with Louisiana sportscaster Ed Daniels and started “Friday Night Football,” a highly acclaimed prep football show that still airs today at 11:05 p.m. CST on New Orleans’ ABC affiliate, WGNO channel 26.

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