<p>Hey everyone. So I was lucky enough to be admitted to ILR in the RD round but I'm not really sure if it's a good fit or not. My dream job would be to work in FIFA or some sports team and act as an agent for players. Would ILR prepare me for such a job? Any descriptions of the classes I could take, clubs I could join, anything would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!!</p>
<p>[Bettman</a> Talks Hockey to ILR Students](<a href=“http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/news/111407_BettmanTalksHockey.html]Bettman”>http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/news/111407_BettmanTalksHockey.html)</p>
<p>Cornell’s ILR Sports Management Club ([Cornell</a> Student Activities Office - 2009-2010 - ILR Sports Management Club](<a href=“http://sao.cornell.edu/SO/org/09-10/546]Cornell”>http://sao.cornell.edu/SO/org/09-10/546)) hosted a meeting with the NHL commissioner who is an ILRie. ILR also has a sports-related class that may be of interest. I have a friend in AEM who also wants to be a sports agent and took this class:</p>
<p>ILRCB 4030: The Economics of Collective Bargaining in Sports 4.0 HRS LET ONLY
7729 LEC 001 TR 1010-1125A IVS 112 L. Kahn
Surveys economic and industrial issues in the sports industry. Topics include salary determination, including free agency, salary caps, salary arbitration; competitive balance and financial health of sports leagues; antitrust issues in sports; labor disputes, union history, and contract administration issues in sports leagues; discrimination in sports; and performance incentives.</p>
<p>To answer your question, I’m not entirely sure if ILR would be the best fit for such a career path, but with regards to sports management, those are the only two things I’m aware of. I think that sports management is a pretty broad career choice and I don’t think any one major would be the best choice. With that said, ILR has the above resources and with the Cornell name you can really go into anything. Besides maybe the Hotel School and AEM, I don’t think sports management would fall into any other school well enough. Best of luck.</p>
<p><em>Edit</em>
Also note that the above course is an elective course so no matter what major you choose, as long as you have extra general elective credits, I’m sure you can take this course in ILR.</p>
<p>Are you able to visit? If so, definitely come during Cornell Days. The research you’ve been doing is crucial, yes, but nothing compares to seeing ILR for yourself.</p>
<p>Congratulations.</p>
<p>There are more than enough opportunities at both Cornell and ILR to help place you on a track for sports management. And there are quite a few high profile Cornell alums in the field, so it has obviously been done before. </p>
<p>What you need to ask yourself is whether you are intellectually interested in the groundings of the ILR program – economic/labor history, organizational behavior, employment law, etc. – to satisfy your academic needs.</p>
<p>Okay thanks everyone!</p>
<p>Jay1020, do you think that there are possible internships with NHL? I do love hockey… haha. And yeah that’s what I was thinking too, in regards to cornell’s reputation.</p>
<p>Intl_echo, I am going to be able to come during Cornell Days. What would you say are some crucial things I should do when I visit? Is there a chance I’ll be able to sit in on a class? What else would be good to do/see?</p>
<p>CayugaRed, First, Thank you! haha Second, yeah that’s my only real concern. I feel like this would be a good track for this profession- like studying legal labor laws, economic labor history (maybe) and what is organizational behavior?-, but I’m not too sure if it’s just right for me. I’ve always been more interested in the business side of everything so I dunno. I just don’t really know what to do and it’s really nerve racking knowing I have to chose a school in like two months. Sorry for rambling. Anyway, do you know where I could get like a taste of ILR? Perhaps on preview day? </p>
<p>thanks guys!</p>
<p>op,</p>
<p>i am currently '12 ilr. When you say you want to manage a sports team, can you be more specific? Do you want to negotiate contracts? deal with sport team unions? (which, as you know, are loaded$$), or would you rather do something more on the corporate side? Either way, ILR offers sometime for those who are both pro labor and pro union. Its just your choice on what you ultimately want to pursue…</p>
<p>Well what I would ultimately want to do is work for players. Okay, kind of poor comparison but what i would want to do is pretty much be like Ari Gold or Eric from Entourage, but work for individual soccer players. For the record, I did NOT get this idea from the show; i’ve wanted to do it since i was five. Out of the things you mentioned, the closest would be negotiating contracts and being more on the corporate side.</p>
<p>my kid is ILR grad and is working for a union. (not sports related but also works within an industry that has that WOW! factor.) D got job through union website (aflcio site- I think) and had no difficulty securing employment- of course that was 2 years ago with her ILR degree.
my point- is that your ILR degree may open doors to secure a job with a union that represents athletes. Not too many degrees will give you that type of opportunity.</p>
<p>my kid is planning to start law school soon- (she LOVES her job and is not ruling out deferring for a year) and with her ILR background and job experience, she plans to concentrate her law studies in labor law and possibly IP/copyright issues as those are areas that affect her union membership.</p>
<p>so yes- I think if you follow a similar track: you can get the ILR degree- work for a union- get involved with contract negotiations and represent players etc within union environment. Then maybe get the law degree too!
I think working for the players union and learning about their employment issues may be a good way to become the next Ari Gold.</p>
<p>op, i think ilr fits you then based on your interests</p>
<p>you can choose labor OR management side. There are those who swing radically to one side but you will have no problem meeting others with the same interests…</p>
<p>also ilr offers a credit internship where you can take a semester and intern instead of taking classes. (12-16 credits for the internship). There is one in NY for the MLB so you get to take a semester off, live in nyc, and work for MLB. how cool is that</p>
<p>Okay, thank you marny!</p>
<p>@pmanliu, are the classes that I am going to take freshman year that will introduce me to the topics so I can make a good choice on which side to chose? Where could I find more information about that internship? Would that internship be really hard to get??</p>
<p>The classes freshman year may not persuade you on which sign to lean but will definately give you a good background on both issues. You’ll take labor hist fresh year which is of course pro labor. You’ll take human resource management soph year which usually swings towards management. Through your friends, discussions, etc, you’ll figure out where you stand</p>
<p>google ilr credit internship. there may be no description for the MLB internship but you can always call ilr and have them direct you to the CI program for more info… it may or may not be hard to get depending on your grades/interview skills but remember this is a ILR specific internship so your not competing with other schools like AEM, hotelies, etc</p>