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# March Madness -- for the love of underdogs

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#### **[a 91 second video](https://vimeo.com/147681965): **challenging commonly-held leadership beliefs.

Are you the type that is drawn to underdogs?  Did you inexplicably pick UNC-Wilmington over Duke in your bracket yesterday?  Backing an underdog is risky business, but there are few experiences more exhilarating than a David knocking off an arrogant Goliath.

Servant leaders around the world, including in Ghana, are 'Davids' -- underdogs swimming against a current of self-aggrandizement and corruption *(and yes, that's often true here too)*.  YLI Coaches like Vincent Asamoah are humble and plucky leaders committed to changing the leadership culture in our world.  Vincent embraced an underdog role when he started a basketball-focused discipleship ministry in a country where soccer is king and many kids have never even held a basketball.

If you have a thing for underdogs, check out the [91 second ](https://vimeo.com/147681965)[video](https://vimeo.com/147681965) and visit [Vincent's page](https://my.fca.org/3742-asamoah-vincent.aspx).   See for yourself how basketball, and love, are producing servant leaders in places where "leadership" and "corruption" are all-to-often synonymous.

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