NYM Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 I'm going off to college after next year, and recently I've been looking into a career I should pursue. After thinking it over, I've narrowed it down that I would want to do something in buisness. I was talking to one of my friends dad and he said that I should look into sports management. I've looked up online and I've seen what it offers, but I would like some personal expieriences if possible and a little more detail. Has anyone on this site been involved in a career of sports management? What kind of jobs are available? What is the pay? I thought this would be a cool job seeing as I love sports and when my friend told me his brothers friend, who is in sports management, was offered an internship with the Portland Trailblazers, I thought I should look into this. Long story short, any personal expieriences? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigPaPa Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 I know a friend of my family who went into it over 30 years ago but his experience was not so good. He got an entry level job with the mets in the front office but basically found that very few promotions were given to him because he, had never played MLB Baseball and didn't know anyone big. He found that promotions were based more on who you knew then how hard you worked. He eventually got promoted to Head equipment manager for the Mets and now does a similar job for the Yankees. He makes good money and loves his job but he is also disappointed that people who he was just as or more qualified than got the jobs he aspired to because they knew people that he didn't. I asked about it a bit when i was applying to college and he said it improved a lot since he started and now its a more streamlined process now but warned that it unrealistic to enter that feild and think your gonna be the GM of your favorite team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYM Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 Well I wasn't expecting to be a GM, but this looks like something I might want to look into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmexico Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 My friends a sports management major at St. Johns. You being from New York that might be a good place to go, if you can afford it, because it has a great program for that. I must say it's done him well in the ways of sports, he's baffling me with some of the stuff that he knows now, the professors have a helluva lot of inside information, having coached or taught a lot of these athletes you see nowadays. Did you know that Mark Jackson was a complete moron? Somehow got his way through school apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgbaseball Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 I have a friend that will be using his Sports Management degree to run his own health club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELDoro Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Its really like being a business or marketing major but focused on a sport. I would recommend majoring in accounting, marketing, ect and it would broaded your possibilities after school. My girlfriend just graduated with an accounting degree and was offered jobs from the Houston Astros and Arizona Diamondbacks that she turned down for higher paying jobs out of the sports market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angryrat Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Every job relies on "who you know" rather than just "what you can do." People want to work with people that they like, not always who can do the job the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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