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Possible jobs in sports???

i love sports. i’m a sophmore in high school and have made varsity teams in bball, softball, and golf. basicly i love playing sports. if i dont make it in sports i think it would be smart of me to have a back up plan. my back up plan is majoring in sports management. i think it would be awesome to manage other players. i just dont know if there is any money to be made in that field. it is highly competitive from what i here. does anybody have any other suggestions on what i could do with my life. i want to go to a 4 year university on possibley a sports scholarship i have a 3.0-3.3 gp and am wondering what jobs have the best outlook and make money while having some fun doing the things i love…sports. i’ve looked into sports nutrition sounds interesting but not quite what i’m looking for. sports medicine is alright but i dont want to have to touch anybody else and tell them how to stretch and what not. i think sports management is the way to go possibly with an emphasis on marketing.

You may want to consider my field. I’m a sports writer for a major newspaper. I’m not rich, but I’m young with no real responsibilities and lots of disposable income. I watch sports for a living and then write about it. I’m paid well and I rarely see my bosses, as I’m always out in the field.

The sports journalism profession is overwhelmingly older, grossly out-of-shape males who have never played a sport in their lives. Too many sports writers are never-has-beens with giant egos using their jobs as an outlet to “control” the athletes they wish they could’ve been.

I’m not like that. I’ve played sports and I still do. I’m fit and athletic. I could school most of the people I cover. But that’s not the point. The point is, because of my personal background, I write a different kind of story. I offer a different voice, one of someone who knows how it’s like in the trenches.

We could use you: a female who actually has played sports. The industry is desperately trying to diversify. Right now, 90 percent of sports editors and 85 percent of sports columnists are white males. If you’re good, you’ll move up the ladder fast.

P.S. You mentioned you played basketball, softball and golf. Then, you mentioned you love playing sports. Why did you include golf, an activity that is NOT a sport, in the same breath as the other two?

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