Posted by Dagome
on 6/7/2009, 2:16 pm
68.192.44.36
Wrestling Friends,
One way or another, you have ended up on my ‘wrestling friends e-mail list”… if you want off please send a note…In the past, I have used this list to mobilize forces to support the Beat the Streets initiative and each time asked, you have responded like wrestlers do. It has always been appreciated. Today I come with a different appeal, the other end of the wrestling spectrum – our elite programs.
This past weekend Dave Barry and I were privileged to introduce the ‘Living the Dream Medal Fund’ to support USA’s elite wrestlers. We have created the Fund with the purpose of allowing the entire wrestling community to participate in celebrating and honoring the hard work of our champions. While we understand that no wrestling champion wrestles ‘for the money”, this Fund will send a strong message to our elite athletes that their glory is our collective glory and their hard work and dedication is appreciated. U.S. World and Olympic team members are our ambassadors to the global wrestling community. The long journey from pee wee wrestler to an Olympic medalist requires a level of determination, of sweat, of pain, of time on the road, and in the gym, and on the mats…of dieting, deprivation, almost madness. The few that survive that journey and win deserve our support.
The Fund is being established to award stipends for gold medal, silver medal, and bronze medal finishes at this year’s World Championships in Copenhagen, the 2010 and 2011 Worlds, and the 2012 Olympic Games.
- For the World Championships, the plan is to offer $50,000 for a gold medal, $25,000 for a silver, and $15,000 for a bronze.
- For the London 2012 games, the plan is to offer $250,000 for a gold medal, $50,000 for a silver, and $25,000 for a bronze.
I have attached an interview I did for Wrestling 411 as well as links to Flowrestling which do a good job of explaining why I care about this, the second link also has a donation tab so you can make your contribution.
http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/speaker/275-michael-novogratz/183357-wrestlers-status-leap
http://www.livingthedreammedalfund.com/
Many, many thanks for your consideration.
Novogratz
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