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re: Applying for sports jobs.
Posted on 7/25/12 at 11:46 am to GynoSandberg
Posted on 7/25/12 at 11:46 am to GynoSandberg
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Do you have a degree? Sport admin preferably. Then do you have experience in sports? Internships etc Then do you have sales experience? You'll have to start there more than likely. And most importantly, who do you know? The job market has become very competitive, especially the NOLA market. My advice: take whatever you can get to get your foot in the door, if you can even get that. Internships are your best bet. Don't expect to make much money for awhile. Good luck
Yes I do. Communcations(SELA). My cousin is Offensive Coordinator for WVU football team. No one in pro sports. I sold real estate for a while as a civilian and did computer networking in the army. My chances may not be bery good. But I might as well try. Thanks.
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Posted on 7/25/12 at 11:52 am to oak71
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You don't need a Sport Admin degree
Which is why I said preferably.
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Yes I do. Communcations(SELA). My cousin is Offensive Coordinator for WVU football team. No one in pro sports. I sold real estate for a while as a civilian and did computer networking in the army. My chances may not be bery good. But I might as well try. Thanks.
That's not a bad resume. Im sure they will look at the army as being a plus.
Your cousin has to know someone somewhere. Even if you are applying at a place like teamworkonline.com, just having a contact at a place you are applying to will up your chances of getting an interview. There is a section where it asks if you know anyone currently employed at the team you are applying to. They will at least usually give you a call for a phone screen if you know someone.
Posted on 7/25/12 at 12:00 pm to GynoSandberg
It's not even preferred.
Posted on 7/25/12 at 12:03 pm to Burt Reynolds
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i have a friend who just got a job working at genesco sports in dallas
I know your friend.
Posted on 7/25/12 at 12:04 pm to GynoSandberg
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That's not a bad resume. Im sure they will look at the army as being a plus. Your cousin has to know someone somewhere. Even if you are applying at a place like teamworkonline.com, just having a contact at a place you are applying to will up your chances of getting an interview. There is a section where it asks if you know anyone currently employed at the team you are applying to. They will at least usually give you a call for a phone screen if you know someone.
Thank you.
Posted on 7/25/12 at 12:05 pm to oak71
You will most likely have to start in sales unless you have a specific area that you are applying. Most CEO's, VP's, and upper management in professional sports started in inside sales and worked their way up through ticket sales or corporate sales.
Posted on 7/25/12 at 12:08 pm to jameison125
This post was edited on 7/25/12 at 12:10 pm
Posted on 7/25/12 at 12:09 pm to Fall Creek Tiger
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It's not even preferred.
It's not? Seems like a degree created soley for a career in sport business would be the preferred area of study for a team.
The 100s of job listings I've read usually always say Sport Management Degree preferred
Posted on 7/25/12 at 12:10 pm to GynoSandberg
You are right.
Posted on 7/25/12 at 12:12 pm to Fall Creek Tiger
If Im not right, please tell me what is preferred. It might explain why I had such a hard time breaking into the business 
Posted on 7/25/12 at 12:13 pm to oak71
Honestly, take advice from people who actually work in sports not random people on Tigerdroppings. I know there are people who work for major league sports teams that post here.
Posted on 7/25/12 at 12:13 pm to oak71
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My cousin is Offensive Coordinator for WVU football team.
i know your cousin
Posted on 7/25/12 at 12:15 pm to Fall Creek Tiger
1. Get accounting degree
2. Get on with the big 4 who audits your team
3. ?????
4. Profit
2. Get on with the big 4 who audits your team
3. ?????
4. Profit
Posted on 7/25/12 at 12:15 pm to GynoSandberg
Your degree doesn't matter. There are a few degrees at some colleges, not many, that are Sports Sales Specific. Baylor has one of the best. They get real life sports sales experience internships with major league teams. A sport admin degree does nothing more than any other degree. Learn how to sell sports and you will be fine.
Posted on 7/25/12 at 12:15 pm to Fall Creek Tiger
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Honestly, take advice from people who actually work in sports not random people on Tigerdroppings. I know there are people who work for major league sports teams that post here
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Posted on 7/25/12 at 12:18 pm to DWaginHTown
Ha! I see what you did there.
Posted on 7/25/12 at 12:20 pm to oak71
If you want an actual fun job that's worth a shite in the sports world, you better know somebody or meet some people. It's 100% about connections.
Posted on 7/25/12 at 12:23 pm to Fall Creek Tiger
Obviously experience trumps everything. For an entry level job, a sport admin degree is going to look better than anything else, all things being equal.
This is coming from someone with a sport admin degree. I've worked for a soccer club in London, an NBA team, and a CUSA athletic department. It sucks starting from the bottom, especially in sales. Even worse if your team is shitty. The sports field isn't all it's cracked up to be.
If I could do it all over, I'd probably get a business degree and give up all my summers in college interning with different programs. Then, I'd get my MBA.
This is coming from someone with a sport admin degree. I've worked for a soccer club in London, an NBA team, and a CUSA athletic department. It sucks starting from the bottom, especially in sales. Even worse if your team is shitty. The sports field isn't all it's cracked up to be.
If I could do it all over, I'd probably get a business degree and give up all my summers in college interning with different programs. Then, I'd get my MBA.
Posted on 7/25/12 at 12:25 pm to GynoSandberg
It isn't that hard to break into the industry. First, you have to be willing to live anywhere. Every team, minor and major, hire 10-20 new inside sales people every year. They don't hire just anybody, though. You have to be a future superstar. It is highly competitive and has high turnover.
Posted on 7/25/12 at 12:26 pm to snake23
Most of these places hire people as interns initially. The market is so competitive that they have the luxury of paying people next to nothing initially because they want to work in sports so badly.
I hope you realllllly love sports because the pay is crap compared to what you would get in a comparable position in another private sector position.
I hope you realllllly love sports because the pay is crap compared to what you would get in a comparable position in another private sector position.
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