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Advice to help me sort out a future in finance and/or sports management?
I would like to increase my chances for financial success and enjoy what I do. I am told to do what I love, do really well and I will make money at it. There is nothing that I absolutely love yet other than watching NBA basketball, YouTube and I love travel, although I've only vacationed with family and have traveled with my robotics team. I am very strong in Math and member of school robotics team 3 years. I thought I wanted to pursue engineering, but I am not smart enough for it. I only got a slightly above avg score on my first try of new SAT. I take all honors classes make As and Bs. I am weak in critical reading and writing. My senior year I will be taking all AP classes except History, one being AP Anatomy. I have decided to end Spanish. I have been tossing around the idea of sports scouting, but want to fall back on something broader if I find it's too narrow of a field. Some things suggested to me were finance and sports management. With sports management I am finding that it is linked to hospitality. I am not interested in hotel and food service management. Colleges with BS in sports management have a lot of differences in course offerings so I am confused with choosing. I am familiar with Moneyball, but I am not Yale or MIT material. I'm probably average. Any suggestions? #college-major #finance #sports
4 answers
phillip rasy
phillip’s Answer
If you want to be an agent, your best bet it to go into law with minor in finance. Hope this helps.
Andrea Rodgers
Andrea’s Answer
You definitely want to get a finance degree (or at least a minor) so that you have financial understanding and skills. You should also try to go to a school with a good athletics program and try to get involved with the school's athletic program (volunteer with the football team or become a student worker etc.)
Nurit Praeger
Nurit’s Answer
Your chances for financial success go hand in hand with hard work.
Sean Bastian
Sean’s Answer
I was in a very similar situation to you. I am a graduate of Temple University with a B.S. in Sport and Recreation Management and a General Business minor. The first thing you need to know is that working in sports in very competitive, low pay and long hours. It is a very exciting and interesting field, but if you do not love it then you will ultimately not enjoy what you are doing. I would suggest focusing on your strengths like finance or business, that way you have a solid background where you can work in any field you like. There are many finance positions in the sports industry. If you were thinking of going into a Sport Management program, just know that you need a lot of experience and connections in order to get a job. Most of the entry level positions are in sales or customer service, if that is not something you want to do it is hard to find positions in other area. I hope this advice helps!