Sports Managing Essay

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Sports have been an enormous part of my life, and throughout my 15 years of age I have always wanted to stay involved with sports. Of course, when one is naive little kid, one always aims for the top. I personally was aiming to be a professional soccer player. Throughout my childhood all I thought about was being the best, and always had my mind set on my goal. The problem was that to reach my so longed goal, too much dedication was needed, and after witnessing what my college years would be, I was not willing devote myself to my dream anymore. That is when I saw sports managing of having the best of both worlds. It would include my passion and a bright future for me. Many people choose their job based on the average salary they would earn but I chose another path. Personally I decided to incline towards my dreams, interests and passions. Therefore I chose Sports managing as a career to investigate for my future. Although it’s not the best career one could possibly have, it is a career I will enjoy and that will make me happy. Having such a close friend in the industry also encouraged me to follow sports managing; Harrison Deller has been in the industry for 5 years now and has helped his father reach abysmal success. He has helped his father build a team from zero and the team is now in the Ecuadorean Major Soccer League. Sports’ managing is not as basic and simple as it sounds. It can take as many as 8 years in college or it can take years of experience and knowledge in certain sports. This all depends to the circumstance in which you live and the skills you have in the different fields that have to do with sports managing. Some of the main courses or skills needed to be able to reach success in sports managing include: experience in pro and school sports, business aspects of sports in culture, facility management, sport ethics, sport law, sports

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