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2008 NATIONAL SPORTSMANSHIP DAY PROGRAM

• Number of years celebrated - 18. National Sportsmanship Day was first celebrated in 1991. Since that time, the Institute for International Sport estimates that over 90 million individuals have actively participated in NSD through their schools, clubs or leagues!



• Key Elements of National Sportsmanship Day include the following, all of which you can access in other areas of this website:
  
  
  • Age-based discussion topics from elementary school through college
  
  
  
  • 15th Annual USA Today National Sportsmanship Day Essay Contest
  
  
  
  • Principle Theme of National Sportsmanship Day 2008 – “Parents Acting as Good Sports!”
  
  
  
  • Our "Team Sportsmanship" program - which is a great community service opportunity for high school and college student-athletes and coaches
  
  
  
  • Two Extraordinary Uncommon Acts of Principle involving three sports legends
  
  
  
  • Three Great Guideposts toward great sportsmanship - The Five Principles of Honorable Competition; The Dirty Dozen and the Nine Rules of Competitive Self-Restraint - all taken from Dan Doyle's forthcoming "The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting"
  
  
  
  • All-American Sportsmanship School Program
  
  
  
  • The National Sportsmanship Day Sports Ethics Fellows Program
  
  
  

Please make sure that your school, club or league participates in NSD '08!

Click here to learn about the history of NSD.