I
consider myself to be a sports fanatic. More specifically, I consider myself to
be a sports-statistics junkie who is extremely interested in how the
sports-world works. For as long as I can remember, I have always been
fascinated with the puzzle pieces that form the bigger picture, not only in the sports realm but also in
business (and life) in general. The largest department within these industries
that captures my undivided attention, more so than others, is management. My
current course at Full Sail University, Sports Management and Operations, successfully
combines all of these categories into one class, and I absolutely love it.
While
delving deeper into many sports-related aspects like player representation,
facility issues, media rights, and fan loyalty and engagement, I was able to
increase my knowledge of these topics tenfold. Now I can actually have an intelligent conversation with someone about these
matters and not feel like I’m just someone who is only familiar with these subjects.
As
someone who grew up loving sports, but was rarely able to participate on an
“organized team” level due to being considered by many to be “too skinny” or
not as talented as the next man, I began looking into the athlete
representation and management side of the equation, for the possibility of a
sports-related career of my own. This is why I enjoyed learning about sports
agents during the second week of this course.
By
learning more about sports management and operations, I wouldn’t say that my
career aspirations have changed as much as I would consider them to be even
more reinforced and much stronger now. After learning what I have in this
course, not only am I still
interested in a career in athlete representation or management, I am now even more interested in these fields.
I
will apply the knowledge that I’ve accumulated during this course into being
better prepared for the possibility of working in this industry in the future.
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