Personal Narrative: A Career In Sports Business

Everything is Earned My eyes intensively scanned the computer screen, looking for my name on the roster. I checked, then doubled checked, then triple checked… it wasn’t there. A wave of sadness and frustration overtook me, and I began to cry. I was cut from the team.

With the revenue quickly escalating, college athletes appear more as employees because of the money they are generating for their school program (Berry III,

In 2016, there are a plethora of challenges facing professional, college, and high school athletic departments. According to Howard and Crompton (2014) the recession of 2007-2009 had a substantial impact on the sports industry across all levels. Professional sports are challenged with providing affordable tickets to games as “total attendance dropped for three of the four major leagues from 2007 to 2011” (p. 9). The “overall financial state of intercollegiate athletics is grim” as collegiate athletic departments struggle to control soaring cost (p. 55). High school sports are also struggling financially as they attempt to maintain deteriorating facilities, remain observant to Title IX spending requirements, and provide the needed resources,

The Los Angeles Lakers shot an abysmal 29 percent from the floor in their 90-71 preseason-opening loss to the Utah Jazz here Sunday, and many of those misses occurred the same way. They hit the front of the rim. Typically, a poor shooting night with so many players clanking so many shots off the front iron is a common sign of team-wide fatigue, which seemed understandable as Lakers coach Byron Scott has focused on running his players hard throughout training camp here.

When the season ended, I would restock player’s uniforms to place back in their cubbies and properly clean baseball equipment such as bats and hats to prepare for the next season. My career aspiration in the field of Sports Management is to become an athletic equipment manager on a common level and ultimately a National Basketball Association (NBA) equipment manager. Moreover, the Master of Arts degree in Sports Management will play a major role in these plans by allowing for various networking and possible internship opportunities in the area of athletic equipment management.

There are bachelors degrees directly related to sports administration or as a minor some give business as a choice (High school). A major in sports management is typically for people who desire to work in college athletics or professional sports (High school). Taking business, marketing, and finance adds to coaching credentials, and is a fit way to get your name out there for a strong reputation High school). Being an athletic director requires a master's degree, probably in sports administration, however there are others like educational leadership, and general management (Roberson). Volunteering or working in a capacity that involves young athletes, such as coaching, is a great way to receive more experience when you are a young adult

Last year, my US History teacher told me something interesting about our society that plopped me at the beginning of the path that led me to choosing to apply to Ross Business School. My teacher told my class that during the cold war, in all the movies and TV shows, the villain in the movie was always a Russian. He had a thick accent, a fur coat, and missiles ready to send at the push of a button. When the cold war ended and the Vietnam War began, the Vietnamese were portrayed as the enemies in pop culture, and after 9/11, the villains were always terrorists. But now, after numerous scandals like the BP oil spill and Wall Street antics, the villains in movies and TV shows tend to be evil, white businessmen.

The journey has come to an end, since the first day I ever put cleats on to play was one of the most amazing feelings ever. I couldn’t have been more blessed to the gamed of football. As a young child my dad always had me in that sport or doing something active as if it was cleaning the house or being outside with him or hanging out with friends around the neighborhood. When Odessa High let the freshman be a part of the football program, we were the first class to play as bronchos. I was a little disappointed to know I was going to be wearing red already instead of purple one last time.

This piece of writing was also persuasive because of the rhetorical elements that Jonathan R. Cole used. The purpose of this article was to inform why Sports do not mix with elite academics well with background information, credibility, logic, and persuasion. The communicator wanted his audience to be young students because he wanted to explain the reasons why academics and athletics do not work well together and prevent students from making a possible mistake when entering into college. The author uses his credibility as a college professor and previous college athlete to persuade the audience to support his claim. The facts and logic within this article contributes to R. Coles logos.

When I joined Early college Academy, I hated the fact that I was not allowed to play any sports. Soccer was not offered and neither was playing for other schools as an option. After finding this out, I wanted to leave the school immediately. My dream is to become a professional soccer player, but without soccer in my high school, I had no chance at being accepted into a college soccer team. I then realized, I might not have soccer, but I had a great academic opportunity in becoming a Chemical Engineer .

Losing A Sport Losing a sport is not just losing a sport. When you lose a sport you lose most of the people associated with it. When I was younger I quit baseball to pursue wrestling, and I have regretted it ever since. I loved baseball, I had played since I was four years old.

One grueling afternoon in Gulf Shores, Alabama my baseball team found ourselves down 5-0 in the 3rd inning of the championship game. This game was like the world series for us, we had a chance to be champions of the country. The field had burnt orange clay and a vaguely green grass, the sun was setting making the clouds look like bright pink cotton candy. The best part was you could smell the salt water and hear the seagulls fly above. The team we were playing was called California Elite, they were remarkably intimidating.

One of the biggest parts of my life has to be the sport of basketball. I played every year I could since I can remember. I participated in youth commission, then modified, Jv, and all the way to my senior year. With this being my last year all I care about is the team 's success and making a push into sectionals. But the one thing I have not payed attention to is how much the sport has pushed to be a better leader and how to take criticism from coaches and teammates.

With four minutes to go, the game was tied. My friend and I had scored most of the points for our team, but my coach called an isolation play for the one girl on the team who hadn’t scored a single point all season. He asked us to help her get off a clear shot. We got her the ball and she took the shot. It bounced off the rim and I grabbed the rebound.

The Sport is a devastating road to heartbreak and failure. (I suggest, To experience sports, you have to experience heartbreak and failure - sounds a bit awkward to say “the sport”). It is the definition of it. Don't get me wrong, sports can lead to success, fame, and many other glorious things that others can't imagine. Like the money, land and the "acquaintances"