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Senior Project

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Sports Management

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Subject

Business

Level

12th Grade

Created

01/23/2013

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The undergraduate sport management specialization offers professional preparation in the application of business principles to the sport industry.

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http://coe.winthrop.edu/coe/health-pe/sportmanagement/spma_info.htm

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Sport management positions carry a variety of job titles.

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Program directors in community sport programs, marketing and promotions director, academic services for student-athletics, corporate sales director, director of ticketing and finance, sporting goods sales representative, intramural director of campus recreation, facilities coordinator, athletic director, compliance director, athletic business manager, and fitness manager are all sport management titles.

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Job responsibilities vary with the type of organization, area of the sport industry, and level of management.

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All involve business aspects of sport, and normally include 50 - 60 hour work weeks, including night and weekend hours of employment.

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The career field of sport management is extremely competitive.

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The majority of jobs will require a practicum for “hands on” experience in the industry.

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Beginning salary ranges in educational institutions may range from $18,000 to $25,000.

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Minor league professional sport starting positions will usually pay in the low 20’s. Sporting goods jobs are often composed of basic salary plus commissions.

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The opportunity to advance within the professional is usually present, with the 1994 Team Marketing Report stating the following average salaries: vice-president of marketing at the major league level earning $114,444; director of marketing - major league level: $76,785; general manager, minor league: $62,500; and assistant general manager, minor league: $35,166.

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There are many benefits in working sport management jobs.

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he sport industry has grown dramatically in the past decade and promises to continue to expand.

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Jobs in marketing and promotions, sports information, academic student services, and development within intercollegiate sports are often available.

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Other employment opportunities exist in professional sports with event management and community relations.

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Still others employment options exist in sporting goods, sports agents, arena management, and interscholastic athletic administration.

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Getting into the sport management business allows mere mortals to share the glory and the rewards.

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The sports industry in the U.S. is a $200-billion-plus powerhouse, with superstar athletes, lucrative endorsement deals, and all the free press an ego can handle.

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There are jobs in the sports business that don't require sweating—marketing, philanthropy, graphic design, and sales are just a few.

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Like any other field of study, there are variations in each school's program

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The Right Frame of Mind

If you believe sport management is a day-long discussion about Team USA's chances at the Olympics or FIFA (the international governing body of association football) President Joseph S. ("Sepp") Blatter's recent remarks that world soccer contracts are akin to "modern slavery," you are dangerously mistaken.

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Lee Igel, assistant professor at New York University's Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism & Sports Management, said a sport management career is much more than a continual chat about the previous night's game. "This is not SportsCenter; this is much more Outside the Lines," Igel said, referring to two popular TV shows. "It's very much about a series of conversations about management first and how it applies to the business of sports and how it fits into society."

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Coaching Minor

Each program leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree requires the completion of a minor in addition to the major program. Students may fulfill the minor requirements with the Coaching minor in physical education. The minor in coaching consist of 17 hours of required course work. An advisor in physical education will be assigned when the student files an intent for the minor. Required courses are listed below.

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Coaching Minor

The minor in coaching consists of 17 hours which must include: PHED 212, 242, 267, 361, 393, 465, and 548 or 571. The remaining hours are to be selected from any courses not chosen to meet the above requirements and/or PHED 320, 382, 480, 525, 548, 571, and HLTH 501.

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Each program leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree requires the completion of a minor in addition to the major program. Students may fulfill the minor requirement with one or more minors of their own choosing.

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The minimum number of semester hours required for a minor is 15, at least 6 of which must be in courses numbered above 299.

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Minors are recorded on the permanent record.

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No course may be included in two minors or in a major and a minor unless the student is pursuing a Bachelor of Science Degree.

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Students must achieve a 2.0 cumulative grade-point average in all courses taken at Winthrop, as well as in courses counted toward the minor and the major programs.

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Non-Bachelor of Arts degree students may complete minors either through the use of elective credits or through additional credits beyond those required for the degree.

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Coaching on how to get an interview in sports

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