<p>Hello, I am a junior who has done a lot of research on college. I wanted to know about the Sports Management major. My passion in life is sports, and I want to go into a career in this field. However, I have read that majoring in sports management could leave you in trouble if you are not able to break into the industry. I like being a leader, so I was wondering if double majoring in business administration and sports management might be a good idea. Or majoring in one and minoring in the other. I am a very hardworking person who would love to take on the challenge.</p>
<p>They’re both kind of broad. Maybe major in sports management and finance?</p>
<p>It can be hard to break into any industry these days. I say go ahead an pursue your dream, but also have a backup plan.</p>
<p>Not a bad idea at all.</p>
<p>these two fields would have sufficient overlaps that it would be doable. And indeed adding a Business/business administration major would help regardless.</p>
<p>I spent quite a few years in the sports industry at a university.</p>
<p>The typical job that a Sports Mgt major gets is in ticket sales and promotions…low pay and lots of hours. It is basic supply and demand. A few will get the ‘good’ jobs in facility/event management(the job I had), marketing, as sales reps (Callaway Golf as an example), etc.</p>
<p>The thing is, you don’t need a degree in sports mgt to get those jobs just appropriate work experience.</p>
<p>The sports industry needs marketers, sales reps, finance and accounting people, MIS people, etc just like any other business.</p>
<p>Major in a standard business field…marketing, finance, accounting, or even MIS and look for jobs in the sports industry. If you can’t get one(supply and demand) then look in other industries.</p>
<p>Don’t get a general BBA business degree, get one with a specific skill set as noted above.</p>
<p>Alright thanks. So it would be a good idea to major in something other than sports management and try to get a job in sports? If it doesn’t work out then I still have the degree to go somewhere else.</p>
<p>^ That was going to be my advice, what Haystack said. You don’t need to major in sports management to get into the field; you need to major in some business related area but get experience in the sports arena (maybe by interning or working part-time). So majoring in a more broadly-applicable one may be in your best interest, so you can also take it elsewhere.</p>
<p>This may also be an instance where it could be beneficial to go to a university with big sports - I know a lot of time students in those programs get to intern, or work part-time, with their own university’s big sports franchise. But even if you don’t, if you’re in a big city with several sports franchises you could do that instead.</p>