Personal Narrative: A Career In The Sports Industry

The person that I interviewed had a job title by the name of Rawlings director of pro baseball services. That job is working directly with players and executives of teams directly in Major League Baseball. As a part of the job, during the season you are required to be at as many games as possible and in the offseason, there is never a day that goes by where you will not be in contact with multiple players or executives of teams. Another aspect of the job is to recruit baseball players to sign contracts with Rawlings for usage of their equipment. The job also entails selling Rawlings equipment to baseball players to use in the season. Some topics that relate to this job are as following. Recently, Rawlings held their annual Gold Glove …show more content…
I learned the trend of the baseball industry and not just the baseball industry but the sports industry as a whole. I have learned that there is for sure no typical or easy day in the sports industry and that you have to be in communication almost all the time. This shows me that the sports industry is very much so a people industry and your people communication skills help you tremendously. The passion and drive needed to work in the sports industry is an incredible amount. I also have learned that there is not one clear cut way or path to get to the end goal of a specific job that you want to obtain. Everything that I heard from this interview I can relate back to a guest speaker or something I heard in class. This showed me that everything in the sports industry is connected and that all the sports can be intertwined from the business aspect of it. I think that is really interesting that everyone that I have heard speak that has worked in the sports industry all have very similar points that they push, such as to network, work hard and that there is no typical day which means you will need a lot of passion to work in the industry. This project has taught me a lot and was really eye opening but I am ready and even more excited than I was before to continue my path into the sports