A couple of years ago, Georgetown University decided to open up a graduate level program in Sports Management and held a 3 day seminar in Washington DC. It was like no other seminar I had ever attended.The seminar had very young professionals showing up and moving from 7:30 till 8pm with no real breaks in between. for lunch or just a break... you ate lunch through networking introductions, and listened to speakers at break. All I could when I got back to the hotel room was go to sleep for the next morning's session.
During this seminar, one speaker stated that the average burn out time for someone in sports management was about seven years.... that sounded like those practicing law, waking up one morning to realize they hate what they do.
I am writing this segment here, because as I talk to many high school seniors the discussion going into Sports Management which is really a business or communications major and emphasis in Sports Marketing and Management.
To keep you abreast of some of the new things going on in the world of sports marketing, there is a blog, which hopefully has a website coming soon that you should keep tabs on. This is a professional promotional marketer who is doing promotional marketing at major sporting events and travels the country visiting stadiums, teams, keep track of the latest developments in sports.
Check it out if you are looking into Sports Management.
http://finersideofsports.blogspot.com/
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