What it takes to shine
6/19/2018
By John Engh
Executive Director of NAYS
For years, the National Alliance for Youth Sports (NAYS) has touted itself as the leading advocate for positive and safe youth sports in America. And from time to time, we get people who ask what exactly that means.
For us, it’s simple: The word advocate means being a champion or a supporter in a public way, and for us this translates to leadership.
For the rest of the column, which appears in Parks and Rec Business magazine – READ MORE.
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