My daughter’s college roommate works for an NBA team and was a data science major with a sport management minor. She did a masters concurrently while she was working in sports analytics. We know another young person who has a double major with Econ and sports management who has been very successful in getting summer internships with college teams and announcing. (TBD about full time as he’s still a student).
Have an older friend at ESPN who does all the digital marketing and creative work. He has a BFA.
Lots of pathways to working in sports!