Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Sarah Robles is the strongest woman in the
United States.
She will represent the USA in weightlifting
at the London Olympics.
She lives in extreme poverty. Up until very
recently, she lived on 400 dollars a month.
You see, she is spending all of her time
training -- and training doesn't bring any
dollars in the door.
And unlike many other athletes, she doesn't
have those big endorsement deals and other
forms of corporate sponsorship. They don't
give those to weightlifters.
When John Davis trained for the 1948 Olympic
Games in London (which he won), he was stone
cold broke.
When Norb Schemansky won the Olympic Gold
medal in 1952, he came back home and found
a pink slip waiting for him.
Other great champions of the past have had
similar experiences.
We can't help change what happened to the
greats of the 40's and 50's -- but we can
help Sarah Robles.
Here's how to do it.
There's an on-line petition urging Nike to
sponsor Sarah in her Olympic quest. All you
have to do is follow the link and sign the
on-line petition.
They're trying to get a minimum of 50,000
names. So far, they have around 45,000. If
we all act NOW, we can push that number over
the top very quickly.
When you sign the on-line petition, you can
give a reason for doing so. That's what I did,
and you won't believe what happened.
My message was selected to be forwarded to
Nike!
And not just to anyone at Nike.
It was sent to the Corporate Secretary, the
Chairman of the Board of Directors, the VP for
North American Women's Training at Nike, the
CEO and a man at Press Nike.
And that's pretty amazing.
You know, I wrote a 500 page book about John
Davis' life and lifting -- but it came long
after he has passed away. My four sentence
message may do more good in this world than
that 500 page book.
In any case, please take a minute and sign
the petition -- and if you can, leave a brief
message of support -- and then forward the
petition to your Facebook friends and email
buddies.
Together, we can make a difference.
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. Here's the link for the petition page:
http://www.change.org/petitions/nike-sponsor-weightlifting-champion-sarah-robles-in-the-london-olympics?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=7866&alert_id=fhDzbAIeqr_cspekTVcpW
P.S. 2. Thanks in advance to everyone who steps up
and takes action to help an Olympian!
