Flagler College's Sports management programme

plscatamacchia
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:36:55 +0000

ACCecil let’s think about something here. Your son says he wants to do SM. So you contact an advisor at USC or UMass and say “Hey my son wants to do SM, what do you think?” Do you think they’re going to say “No, it’s worthless”? Of course not. They’re going to tell you their program is fantastic and will give him all kinds of opportunities, they’re trying to sell their program.

The “critical thinking” should come from looking at what the Alumni are doing and from a quick glance at both I can tell you that while some seem to be doing sports related things it is obvious they aren’t placing students at a high rate. If they were they would have something that said “X% of our recent graduating class has been placed in sport management positions”. However, both USC and UMass have 2 or 3 alumni talking about how their college educations allowed them to succeed. Yea, bull*****.

I don’t know if you’re just lying to yourself or if you really believe any “Sports Marketing” class will honestly make you qualified to work in sports. Wow, so your son will know how to…sell tickets? And that’s something NOBODY else could learn, right? Oh yea that’s right, anyone who gets a job with a team will learn that on the job.

What in the world makes you believe you have to “specialize” to work in sports? Sports is just a business…there is no need to specialize in anything for it.
OH! I forgot this…



NCAA rules and Fed and state laws



…!!! Oh, crap…that’s what the schools and sports franchises hire lawyers for…



The truth is there are risks associated with any degree plan. In addition, some degree plans suck more than others. You have to discern which ones are bogus and which ones deliver real marketable skills.



AHAHA! I can’t believe I missed this before! You’re telling me that SM gives you “marketable” skills over any other business major? Sir, you are SO delusional. There is absolutley not a single job that a SM major could do that any other major could do. There are ZERO marketable skills that come with that major.

Picture this…

You walk into an interview for an entry-level position for a sports team right after someone from a top business school or ivy who has a Finance/Accounting/Economics degree. He/she already has knowledge about why the market would work the way it does and in-depth methods of what they need to do to make a profit. DON’T WORRY though you have taken classes on ticket sales, stadium promotions, and (here is the real gem) NCAA regulations! Goodness you’re going to blow that guy who is interviewing you (who has probably seen thousands of SM majors walk through his door who have ZERO clue about business, and he’s probably an MBA/BBA guy) away.



Soem SM degrees are bogus but others are world class programs that have track records of getting people in the door.



1…Which ones? Neither UMass or SC promoted how well they place students. #2 You honestly think that any other T-25 business school won’t be able to place students in sports at a much better rate?



-Get a SM BS combine it with a Bus Admin BS and then get to a kick ass grad school for SM + Mgmt or something. I know some people like “Sports” MBA’s but here again they sound cute but make sure to look at what they mean by that.



This is the recruiter talking - “Our MS program is much better than those dumb MBA programs! cough We don’t have an MBA program of course cough”. MBAs are more heavily recruited by every industry than any MS program. That’s just a fact.



Don’t think for one second a typical, general marketing class is the same class as a specialized sports marketing class



Marketing majors are just a step above the SM majors. Both are incredibly wasteful degrees, so you’re not fighting anyone here.



general degree can be just as worthless as a specialist degree (or what pls called “narrow”). They both have flaws. Thus, it is best to combine



Honestly I am starting to think you’ve never been a businessman. The best combination you can have is two degrees that can be applied through broad ranges of tasks (Econ+Finance, Acct+Econ, Acct+MIS, Acct+Finance, Finance+MIS). You’ve been out of the game a while and I can tell you every recruiter I have ever met has said that they like to see those type of combinations if you will double major. I’ve NEVER heard one say “we want a broad degree and a specialist degree”.

Yea, I could keep going but this will go nowhere. ACCecil is just someone who has convinced himself that his son’s chosen path isn’t going to be one filled with much more difficulty than others (MUCH MORE). The fact that he honestly believe that a SM major is a better choice in the long run says enough for me. The facts are there and the facts say that a vast majority of SM majors will never get that sports team job. It’s clear to everyone in business that to succeed you have to bring a broad depth of knowledge of the business world to the table, for whatever reason, this guy didn’t get that. I guess that why he is now teaching accounting classes instead of working as a businessman.