Where can I find a printable copy of Nike's "If You Let Me Play Sports" ad from the 1990s?

October 18, 2009 12:57 PM

Where can I find a printable (preferably A4) copy of the 1990's Nike Ad "If You Let Me Play Sports"?

It's the one about girls playing sports. This is it, but as you can see I can't open the full image and the thumbnail blurs when I blow it up.

I want to use this to encourage girls in the school I work at to play sports, and also to encourage their parents to let them play sports.

Be really grateful for the help.

posted by pick_the_flowers to Health & Fitness (3 answers total)

I am uncertain if this this is the text you are looking for, but:

"If you let me play sports
I will like myself more;
I will have more self-confidence,
I will be 60 percent less likely to get breast cancer;
I will suffer less depression.
I will be more likely to leave a man who beats me.
I will be less likely to get pregnant
I will learn what it means to be strong.
If you let me play sports."

Is available on Nike Women Site
posted by jmh at 2:21 PM on October 18, 2009

This article (from Project Muse, I'm not sure if it's freely available, since I'm on campus right now) says the ad campaign was launched in 1995. I would think if your local library had bound or microform copies of women's magazines from the 1990's, that you could flip through the 1995-96 set and find a copy to scan.
posted by donnagirl at 12:03 PM on October 19, 2009

Response by poster: Thanks for the text and the suggestion, but unfortunately I don't have access to a library and I was really looking for a jpeg/gif that I could photocopy easily.

The search is still on!
posted by pick_the_flowers at 11:01 PM on October 21, 2009