<p>my kid is a sport management major and it is part of her curriculum that each student participate in a semester internship. </p>
<p>in almost all Internship postings from major league teams, sport venues etc. they require 25 to 40 hours per week availability and a letter from the school indicating that student is receiving academic credit. Without the letter, no Internship.</p>
<p>Maybe because the sport internships are full time commitments and no salary, they are very serious about getting confirmation from the college that academic credit is awarded.
my kid did a summer internship with an ML lacrosse team. She also had to get letter from her school saying she was getting credit (3 credits- as it was only for summer and about 10-12 hours/week).<br>
The team also had to provide info to the school as to what my kid would be doing.</p>
<p>As it seems that the entire sport industry requires its Interns to obtain credit, my guess is that there are some real labor/legal issues that must be met for organizations to offer Internships. It’s probably a fine line as to what the definition is of Intern vs. volunteer, but it may have to do with number of hours per week worked.<br>
again- in the sport industry the student usually has to work at least 25 hours a week to be considered an Intern.</p>