All those late nights grinding up the ladder may finally be paying off. As e-sports have emerged as sustainable big business (and increasingly competitive sporting), colleges have begun to jump int the fray. From e-sports programs created by small groups…
Though E-Sports are not as young of a scene as most mainstream audiences may believe, the industry and business side of professional gaming is still developing rapidly. What used to be a completely grassroots by-the-players, for-the-players circuit sponsored by endemic…
Sports have changed dramatically in the digital era. Instead of measuring athletic performance through guesswork or the vaunted “eye test,” athletes, coaches, general managers and other executives can use a vast array of advanced statistics and computations to predict, measure…
So you want to work in sports management, but you don’t know exactly what position you’d like, or what education you’d need to pursue it. In this guide, we’ll look at both of these aspects of choosing a job, and…
When preparing for a career in sports management, it can be confusing deciding what degree program will best help you in the career of your choice. Sports Management is a wide-ranging field, so you need to assess what you’re looking…
Protesting in American sports over civil rights issues is ingrained into our culture. From Jesse Owens’ four gold medals in the Nazi-hosted 1936 Olympics in Berlin to Jackie Robinson entering baseball, even the presence of black athletes in major sports…
Athletics is a multibillion-dollar industry, and sports management careers can be exciting, prestigious and lucrative. A sports management degree, along with a lot of hard work, can lead to a fulfilling career as the head of a nonprofit sports league,…
One of the oldest forms of human competition is the race. The premise is eternal: start at the same time, from the same place (or thereabouts) and finish at a predetermined location. Whoever gets there first wins. Simple right? From…
Are you concerned about entering the business world with your coaching degree? Or maybe you’re passionate about sports, coaching, and business but you’re unsure about committing to one above the others. Let’s face it. Life is unpredictable. Our passions don’t…
The Golden Glove: Can You Buy Championships? Don Drysdale, the 9x all star and hall of fame pitcher for the Dodgers in the 60’s observed, “When we played, World Series checks meant something. Now all they do is screw up…
