Article: How cool and clean is your locker room? What you need to have and maintain a winning facility.(FACILITY FOCUS)

To some people, the vision of a team locker room is a dank, dirty, smelly place with uniforms, sports equipment, and towels piled high in the corner.

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In some segments of the country that's not too far off. With yearly budgets forcing athletic directors to be more fiscally responsible, updating and/or revamping locker rooms may not be all that high on the priority list.

While your athletes perform on or inside top-notch athletic facilities, it is the locker room in which they dress before a game, return to during intermission of football and basketball games, and undress following games.

Take a good, hard look at ...

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