“The Board of Directors of TLSN hopes for good health, good luck, good families, good jobs, and goodwill to all Longhorns. However, TLSN remains as a sentinel prepared to assist qualifying Longhorns when help is needed. ”
TLSN, INC. MISSION PURPOSE STATEMENT
TLSN, INC., a Section 5.01 (c) (3) Texas nonprofit corporation (“TLSN”), whose primary purpose is to provide financial support and other charitable assistance and support to people who have suffered health-related and other severe financial hardship and who are: (i) former student-athletes who participated in intercollegiate sports governed by the AIAW and NCAA at the University of Texas at Austin, (ii) former coaches, trainers, equipment managers, and managers of (i) above, and (iii) family members of the individuals described in (i) and (ii) above.
TLSN also works to promote and encourage public knowledge, understanding, appreciation of, and preserve the historical legacy of the individuals described in (i), (ii), and (iii) of the above preceding paragraph, which has been accomplished in the website link https://texaslsn.org .
TLSN is TRYING TO LEAVE SOMETHING BEHIND
I understand Sean Rowe’s yearning to "Leave Something Behind."
“
I can get through the wall if you give me a door
So I can leave something behind
Oh wisdom is lost in the trees somewhere
You’re not going to find it in some mental gray hair
It’s locked up from those who hurry ahead
And it’s time to leave something behind
When my son is a man he will know what I meant
I was just trying to leave something behind
”
TLSN concentrates on Longhorn sports history and offers temporary financial assistance to those who qualify.
Horns 🤘 up!
Texas is more than a football school. No member of the now-defunct SWC or Big 12 has won more conference and national championships in NCAA-sanctioned sports than the Texas Longhorns. All Longhorn fans should honor the history of all Longhorn sports franchises with the same passion as the Texas football program.
see this link in red below for national championship teams. https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/national-championships
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TLSN has TWO MISSIONS - ONE CREATES A PATH, AND the other builds a BRIDGE
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." TLSN has left the established path and is building new trails to honor the past, celebrate the present, and empower the future.
DKR built his life around the poem " The Bridge Builder" by Will Allen Dromgoole. The verse states that bridges are needed to make the path easier for others to cross. TLSN is building those bridges.
Go To the 5:45 mark of the video below to listen to Coach Royal as he recites the Bridge Builder by Will Allen Dromgoole.
A Path TO LONGHORN sports history
TLSN uses synergy to combine U.T. history, U.T. traditions, U.T. legacies, U.T. culture, individual records, photos, insightful comments, and personal commentary from former athletes, trainers, managers, coaches, and their families into a form that all Longhorns can celebrate.
The website captures powerful and insightful Longhorn comments from the minds of great authors, visuals from videos, professional media brochures, newspaper articles, shelter magazines, and, most importantly, from Longhorn athletes who created Longhorn sports history.
The website is free, educational, and historical.
Please share your Longhorn sports memories with others ‘til you can’t.
Memories not shared are lost forever, so please contact me at Billydale1@gmail.com with the Longhorn sports history you would like to share with the TLSN readers.
TLSN has interviewed and captured Longhorn sports history as seen through the eyes of Texas Horns Jim Gideon, Randy McEachern, Tommy Harmon, Ragan Gennusa, Stephen Ross, Aggie Ed Simonini, Rodney Page, Coach Leon Black, Billy Dale, Tommy Lucas, Spanky Stephens, Jim Bayless, Stewart Keller, Byrd Baggett, Ricardo Romo, Dave Morton, Amy Goodwin, John Scott, Rob Moerschell, Peter Gardere, Kiki Deayla, Turk McDonald, Robert Brewer, John Carsey, Bill Atessis, Duke Carlisle, Jim Bayless tennis, Ben Crenshaw, Jenna McEachern, Donna Lopiano, Calvin Murray, Buck Cody, Gary Plock, Tyres Dickson, Jeff Ward, and others have shared their Longhorn stories on the TLSN website
Professional authors such as -Mark McDonald, Steve Ross, Jon DaSilva, Pat Carlisle, Barbara Wainscott, Larry Carlson, and Gaylon Krizak have added quality articles to the TLSN website,
Send your memories as Longhorns to Billydale1@gmail.com
the TLSN website is building bridges to Leave something behind
On April 29th, 2017, TLSN made intercollegiate athletic sports history. TLSN is the first private charitable and tax-exempt with the specific mission of offering temporary financial assistance to qualifying former Longhorn student-athletes, coaches, student managers, trainers, and their immediate families. Longhorn athletes who, through no fault of their own, have fallen through societal safety nets.
The inspiration for the TLSN (Texas Legacy Support Network) mission started informally in 2004 and ended in a formal structure in 2017.
TLSN is not associated with the U.T. Athletics Department or any organization closely aligned with U.T.
TLSN grants require an interview and a due diligence process to confirm eligibility for assistance. TLSN's goal is to convert a donor's heartfelt investment into a compassionate dividend for those who, through no fault of their own, have fallen thru society’s safety net.
Visit this link for more information on qualifiers for help https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/qualifiers-for-consideration-to-financial
