| My wife Alison and I love the Olympics.
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| | important reasons to play sports are
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| Especially the Winter Olympics. So
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| | simple. The first is health. Ask any
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| naturally, during this year's games in
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| | doctor and they will tell you that you
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| Torino, we cast productivity aside and
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| | need to exercise at least 30 minutes a
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| watched almost every event.One of the
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| | day. Not so you can sign a big contract
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| biggest stories of the Games was Bode
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| | or catch the eye of the opposite sex, but
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| Miller, the outspoken American skiier. I
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| | because exercise gives you energy,
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| really did not know much about Miller,
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| | strength, resistance from disease, and a
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| but after the fifteenth "Join Bode" Nike
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| | longer life. These are all things that
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| commercial, I was finally tempted to go
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| | parents need to be able to raise their
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| the website and see what he had to say.
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| | children, and they are things we owe our
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| To my surprise, he was dead-on right
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| | children to try to give them as well.The
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| about almost everything.Today, I want to
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| | second reason to play sports is
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| share one thing in particular that Bode
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| | community. Friendships are built and
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| was right about: we need to change the
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| | strengthened when we play together. The
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| way our children think about athletics.
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| | sports your children participate in can
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| To paraphrase, Bode wondered how it could
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| | be as structured as high school football,
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| be that we live in such a sports-crazed
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| | or as casual as tossing the frisbee in
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| society, yet child obesity is soaring.
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| | the back yard with siblings, but either
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| If they love sports so much, why don't
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| | way friendships will grow. The sense of
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| they participate in them? And for those
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| | comraderie you get from a shared exertion
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| that do, why do they stop after high
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| | is tremendous. To this day, many of my
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| school or college?The answer of course,
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| | best memories are the times I shared with
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| is that sports in America have completely
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| | my teammates on our high school track
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| lost what we like to call "the Olympic
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| | team and the afternoons spent on the
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| spirit." It's not about participating,
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| | tennis and basketball courts with my
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| it's not about having a good time, and
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| | buddies from college. I guarantee our
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| it's certainly not about health (judging
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| | friendships would not have been as strong
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| by the amount of steroids being used by
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| | if we had bonded by watching the
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| athletes as early as junior high).
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| | television instead of breathing the fresh
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| Sports in 2006 is only about two things:
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| | air of the outdoors together.So for your
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| money and fame.Children get this message
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| | children's sake, teach them that sports
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| at an early age. So if they realize they
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| | are about fun, health, and friendships,
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| are not likely to be the next Michael
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| | not money and fame. And if they enjoy a
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| Jordan or Payton Manning, they quit. If
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| | sport that they aren't very good at,
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| they will never have the chance to sign a
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| | don't make the mistake so many American
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| big contract or even get an hour in the
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| | parents make of discouraging them from
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| spotlight playing for a smaller school in
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| | participating in it. It sounds cheesy
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| March Madness, then they wonder why they
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| | and naive, but the fact is that a child
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| should go to the trouble. After all,
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| | who participates in sports is already a
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| sports are tiring.So they sit on the
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| | winner, regardless of whether they get
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| couch and watch the elite athletes duking
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| | the gold
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| it out on TV while candy bar after potato
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| | medal.-------------------------------Copy
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| chip finds its way into their mouths.
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| | right, Paul Martin, Noss Galen Baby LLC
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| This is one of the big reasons why we
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| | 2006Paul Martin and his wife Alison are
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| have a health crisis looming for the
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| | the owners of Noss Galen Baby LLC, a
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| current generation of children.So, what
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| | small online business dedicated to
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| should sports be about, if not winning?
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| | offering innovative, hard-to-find
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| Well, nobody is against winning, for
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| | products for babies and toddlers at
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| starters. But winning is not what's
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| | affordable prices.
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| truly valuable about sports.The two most
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