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For more than 30 years, Jere Gunderman was perfectly happy with his retail and customer-service job in the private sector.
But then one night 12 years ago, a television program changed his thinking—and his life. While watching an HBO Real Sports segment examining adult violence at youth sporting events, Gunderman was stunned by what he saw, and was inspired to do something about it.
“This program was my wake-up call as to what was happening in youth sports,” Gunderman says. “I felt I needed to find out more, and eventually I was introduced to the Youth Sports Supervisor for the city of Clearwater (Fla.) Parks and Recreation, and discovered that we shared similar visions about the future of youth sports.”