Added MiniScript verions of 37_Football and 38_Fur_Trader.

00_Alternate_Languages/37_Football/MiniScript/README.md

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+Original source downloaded from [Vintage Basic](http://www.vintage-basic.net/games.html).
+
+Conversion to [MiniScript](https://miniscript.org).
+
+Ways to play:
+
+1. Command-Line MiniScript:
+Download for your system from https://miniscript.org/cmdline/, install, and then run the program with a command such as:
+
+	miniscript football.ms
+or
+	miniscript ftball.ms
+
+2. Mini Micro:
+Download Mini Micro from https://miniscript.org/MiniMicro/, launch, and then click the top disk slot and chose "Mount Folder..."  Select the folder containing the BASIC program.  Then, at the Mini Micro command prompt, enter:
+
+	load "football"
+	run
+or
+	load "ftball"
+	run
+
+
+#### Apology from the Translator
+
+These MiniScript programs were actually ported from the JavaScript ports of the original BASIC programs.  I did that because the BASIC code (of both programs) was incomprehensible spaghetti.  The JavaScript port, however, was essentially the same — and so are the MiniScript ports.  The very structure of these programs makes them near-impossible to untangle.
+
+If I were going to write a football simulation from scratch, I would approach it very differently.  But in that case I would have either a detailed specification of how the program should behave, or at least enough understanding of American football to design it myself as I go.  Neither is the case here (and we're supposed to be porting the original programs, not making up our own).
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+So, I'm sorry.  Please take these programs as proof that you can write bad code even in the most simple, elegant languages.  And I promise to try harder on future translations!