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HOw Sports Influences America

How many people in here own something that has a sports related symbol on it? Come on, raise your hands… we’re talking shirts w volleyballs, basketballs, baseballs on them, any type of material that you see athletes wear for sports related purposes.hats, headband wristbands, jerseys, high top sneakers…. Now take a look around…. What you do you notice? At least everyone in this room has something that’s related to a sport or an physical activity. Sports influence on America is so great that most of us don’t even recognize it. We don’t recognize the basketball or the baseball on our shirts. We don’t notice the fitted cap we put on our head everyday as something that was originally for baseball. We don’t even recognize that when we buy gym shoes they’re arranged in sports categories such as tennis, running, cross training, football gym shoes and basketball. We walk around here all the time not noticing how much our lives and the choices we make in fashion are based on...

Posted by: Shelia Olander

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