<p>Some people tell me that sports management is a "useless" degree and i'd be better off minoring in sports management and getting a general business degree.</p>
<p>thoughts?</p>
<p>Hey ruhtra. I don’t think sports management is useless. But I have a story for you:</p>
<p>My ex-girlfriend’s Dad manages an MLB stadium, and makes a lot of money doing so. I asked him what he studied in college and he majored in accounting and finance. The point is that you don’t have to major in sports management in order to work in that field. </p>
<p>As far as your undergraduate major, I would recommend pursuing a degree that provides you with technical or analytical expertise that separates you from someone without that knowledge. For example, engineering: Not many people have the skills that engineers have. At the same time, engineers can often rise in the ranks of the business world, without having studied business as an undergrad. If you are dead set on studying business, I would still try to develop technical/analytical skills, which can be done in accounting, finance, economics, or information systems (computers).</p>
<p>Take this advice with a grain of salt. I am currently an accounting major and therefore biased.</p>
<p>Sports management degree is useless, but so is a general business/business admin degree. Everyone loves sports, millions of people want a career in sports. My absolute dream job would be a color commentator for the yankees. What should that tell you? That it’ll be damn hard to get a good job that you actually want in the sports field. Do something technical like the above poster said. Study accounting or something and try to break into sports business when you start getting experience with several accounting jobs (public, private, etc.). That way, if you fail to get that great sports job (not to sound mean but this is very likely, its just a numbers game), at least you’ll have a good back up, not just end up working for a high school basketball team or something.</p>
<p>Agree with the above. Double concentration in finance and accounting, get some real life experience for a couple years then go for an MBA at the highest nationally ranked business school you can get yourself into.</p>