It shows the twisted nature of coaches, administrators, and family, hell-bent on winning while ambivalent to the academic and personal development of the student athlete.
Derek Sparks shows us what it takes to keep a dream alive, in this story of his transfer to four different high schools in four different years. He faces the challenges of loneliness, temptation, ostracism, while living in a gang-land enviroment. He also fights a desperate battle to prove his eligibility, while protecting his scholarship offers, and acheive qualifying SAT scores even after an insidious vow from his coaches: "YOU'LL NEVER PLAY ORGANIZED FOOTBALL AGAIN!"
Derek's story delivers a message to today's students seeking a future in athletics, or to the average student seeking a future in life. It tells of the wisdom and maturity a 21st century student must have to steer their way through a maze of manipulators and opportunists.
Through his mistakes and his successes, Derek conveys his testimony with a vision of a better way. END
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He then accepted a full athletic scolarship to "Washington State University" and became the first to graduate in his family from college in 1996.
After a short lived professional career he then founded a motivational company. With the focus on the youth of America.
Derek volenteers his time, coaching skills,and experiences to chariable organizations and youth programs.
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