WHAT IS WON80? WON80 is a grassroots movement started in 2015 with a mission to lead a return to sportsmanship through awareness, education and inspiration. Through live events and resources, WON80 encourages us to focus on our own behaviors and actions which will in turn allow us to positively impact our teammates, teams, schools and communities. WHY IS IT CALLED WON80? The WON80 name is very symbolic to me for two distinct reasons. First, I feel that as a society, our sense of positive sportsmanship and fair play has eroded to the point where they are scarcely evident anymore. 180 degrees represents a complete change of direction, which is what I feel is necessary to save youth, school and community athletic programming. Second, society tends to think in terms of winning or losing. The “WON” in WON80 suggests that by returning positive sportsmanship to the games and activities we love, we will have “won”. The result of these beliefs led me to the name WON80.