Professional sports has been infiltrated with confusing jargon—Usage Rate, Wins Above Replacement, Batting Average on Balls in Play, Win Shares. The glossary goes on for pages. These numbers, commonly known as advanced statistics, are woven into all layers of the sports we love: Ultimate Zone Rating (UZR) in baseball, Player […]
Month: March 2014
The Business of Sports & Its Periphery by JobsInSports.com
At face value, finding a job in the realm of professional sports seems like a daunting task. In the US and Canada, there are 141 professional sports franchises which cut across Major League Baseball, the NBA, the NFL, Major League Soccer and the NHL. That number certainly presents some employment […]
Benefits of Building a Sports Marketing Portfolio by JobsInSports.com
According to the American Marketing Association (AMA), marketing is “the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large.” That’s a mouthy way of explaining that successful marketers effectively communicate a product’s value to customers. […]
Insights on life of a Fitness Club Manager by JobsInSports.com
The Background… A Fitness Club General Manager is responsible for the holistic operations of a fitness center, gym or athletic club. The position demands both managerial prowess and a passion for fitness. Because, if you don’t have the desire to inspire health and wellness, you won’t get the emotional reward […]
The new ticketing model for teams – Variable Pricing – JobsInSports.com Blog
The National Football League is wildly profitable and widely popular but high ticket prices still keep some fans out of the stadium on game day. The Detroit Lions recently announced variable ticket pricing, one attempt at matching the cost of a ticket with the demand of its game. They aren’t […]
Everything is bigger in Texas even the Sports Jobs by JobsInSports.com
Everything is bigger in Texas. The largest of the 48 contiguous states has bigger cowboy hats and beefier cattle. The pickup trucks sit higher and the country music reaches an extra decibel. The steaks are thicker and the beer mugs are taller. Most Texans embrace the “bigger in Texas” motto, […]
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