Felicia Crump Job Interview

The path that lead me to choose Sport Management as a major began at a young age where I demonstrated my admiration for sports. I have been participating in sports my entire life and still do to this day. Unfortunately, my time as an athlete will eventually come to an end and I will need to find an occupation that I have passion for. I asked myself the question, “Why not continue my passion in sports”? Being able to work with sports, but not directly in the spotlight, as an athlete is something I would love to be apart of.

Sports have always been a big part of my life. You can always find me watching some sort of sports on TV, especially over the weekend. One of the ideas that really was interesting and has affected me personally is the fact that there is still work to be done for woman in the workplace of athletics. Two years ago, I graduated with a college degree in Sports Marketing & Administration at Northern State University. I was one of two girls when I was there, and I struggled to find work. Even though Title IX helped woman tremendously since it first started, there is still work to be

New job openings are being created every day; new general managers, teams moving into new facilities, and league policies and rules beings changed. Which means, the sports industry is expanding rapidly and you just have to find something you like and be the best at it. I really enjoyed getting to her Mark McNeil speak considering the fact that now, I know I do not have to go law school to be a sports agent. I have gotten in contact with him and I think this is a big opportunity for me because as far as an internship goes and finding someone to learn from and someone who is willing to teach

The major of Sports management has always been intriguing to me; I have always wanted to be apart of sports whether it is in the communications field or in the sports management field. This assignment allowed me to look at the different jobs that are available to sports management majors. The research I conducted involved sports agents, Equipment managers, Directors of sports marketing, professional scouts, and athletic directors. I felt these five areas were the most intriguing and gave me different spectrums of the business that is sports.

Ultimately, a person’s love for the sport has to drive them to conintue playing at a collegiate level despite hours spent at practice, early morning lifts and weekends spent traveling to games. Nonetheless, many of these talented athletes end up quitting the sport they once loved. After talking to two McDaniel students, Cody Dorsey, a former baseball player, and Brittany

In June 2015, the United States Women’s National Soccer Team (USWNT) made history by winning the gold medal at the Women’s World Cup. Not only was this a big accomplishment for American sports, as it was the team’s first championship win in 16 years, but the win was also a benchmark for female athletes in professional sports as it showed the potential of these athletes, but also showed many of the obstacles that are currently in their way. Despite having overcome milestones throughout the years in the professional sports industry, there is still a lack of opportunities for women. In addition, many females in the sports industry (including athletes, journalists, referees, and broadcasters) have openly discussed the discrimination that they

The interview was conducted with Leslie who has been a physiotherapist for 5 years and has been practicing in a private practice in the community. The primary role for Leslie in the workplace is to provide comprehensive assessment of the patients to identify problem/injury and provide appropriate treatment programs. During the interview, Leslie revealed that she found communicating with the patients as a very vital component of nursing where she felt that a nurse must develop good and healthy relationship with their patients. Furthermore, Leslie suggested that a nurse must also work towards making her / his patient comfortable enough to share the patient’s dilemma and problems so that they can be cured as early as possible (Bramhall, 2014).

I wanted to know what kind of job they had and how I could get it if I wish to pursue it in my later years. I decided to research what I would have to major in while i’m at college, to become an analyst. This ultimately brought me back to the sports management degree. This degree is described by the author in The Complete Guide to Careers In Sports Management, presented by, Sports Management Degrees, by saying “The highly competitive field of sports management provides sports minded people with a head for business opportunities for exciting careers in the world of athletics” (Par 1). This intrigued me to continue to research on this degree. The “sports-minded” part of that is what made me become most interested. I learned that many jobs and opportunities can come from this degree, such as becoming a coach, sports analyst, scouts, or a manager. All of these jobs keep me involved with the sport of basketball

In SportBusiness Journal’s piece on 2016’s game changers, they introduce the reader to 35 women who all in some shape or form is changing the industry through new key initiatives, the development of new technologies and as mentors for younger executives looking to advance their own careers.

The sports industry is growing and with more and more minorities going the sports route in majoring in sport management, sport marketing, sport broadcast journalism, etc. there needs to be more positions filled by minorities. Frisby (2005) notes, With our focus on organizations and managerial activities, sport management scholars are well positioned to question how structures and practices related to policy development, marketing, the media and technology, accounting, human resource management, and so on perpetuate and contribute to the bad and ugly sides of sport. As mentioned people who go through sport programs are well over qualified to fill the position so there needs to be more research into why these positions aren’t filled by overqualified

Participating in a college sport is a way of preparing one’s self for a new path to cross after graduating. Opportunities also come that will enable a person to participate in the “real world”. In making the most out of a person’s college athletic career, they must understand the life lessons they get, their level of responsibility, learned skills and the connections they have

The article that I chose to read and write about is titled,”In Sports Business, Too Many Hopefuls for Too Few Positions” written by Ken Belson. This author discusses how stressful it can be after obtaining a Sports Management degree. This article goes far and beyond to discuss how those were affected, which as a result, ultimately had to change their lives forever. One of those that were affected in particular was a man named Jason Martin. Jason attended the University of South Carolina to pursue in the sport and entertainment management program to hopefully earn a career that fits him. During his last semester to earn his bachelor's degree, he ended up taking an unpaid internship at the Family Circle Cup, a women’s tennis tournament, helping

In the closely-knit niche industry of sports business, network connections and word-of-mouth referrals can be the difference between make and break. This is why I think that having the opportunity to join the Entertainment, Media and Technology Association would be a real plus to me. Moreover, being so close to the headquarters of all the major American leagues, not to mention the various franchises at hand, will for sure make the difference. The diversity of the student community at NYU will give me exposure to foreign cultures, thereby broadening my perspective of the world.

“In an age when Americans enjoy dozens of cable sports channels, when professional athletes often command salaries in the tens of millions of dollars…it’s hard to fully appreciate how important the rising prominence of the University of Washington’s crew was to the people of Seattle in 1935” (Brown 173). As seen by this quote, America is a much different place than what it was in the 1930s. The times have changed significantly. In today’s day and age we have it all too good. The world we live in is one of leisure and not nearly as much hard

Hoping to own my own creative agency one day, which will help find endorsements for athletes and negotiate contracts with third-party entities on their behalf, the experience I will gain in business sales and player relations will be invaluable moving forward. Whether learning to sell group tickets to a company or sell a player’s attributes to a team, I will still be gaining experience in how to use certain rhetoric to close deals. Although I have learned many things at Cornell, this real world experience will be