Below is a list of resources students can use to continue their professional development outside of the classroom. (Disclaimer below at bottom of the list)
Podcasts (Listen from the site or search for them from your podcast app of choice)
- SportsBusiness Journal Morning Buzzcast – Daily recap of the biggest industry happenings
- Tao of Sports – Interviews with sport industry professionals
- Bloomberg Business of Sports – Discussion of industry hot topics and interviews with industry professionals
- Sports Media with Richard Deitsch – Good podcast for those interested in the business of sport media deals and sport news coverage
- Yahoo! Finance Sportsbook – Discussion of industry hot topics and interviews with industry professionals
Internship/Job Boards
- Teamwork Online – Jobs and internships in different segments of the sport industry
- Front Office Sports – Jobs and internships in different segments of the sport industry
- NCAA Job Market – Jobs and internships in college athletics
- IAVM Career Center – Facility and event management jobs and internships
- NACDA Job Center – Jobs and internships in college athletics
- Bluefishjobs.com – Jobs and internships in college recreation and intramurals
- CoSIDA – Jobs and internships in the field of sport communications and sports information
Free Email Newletters
- Front Office Sports – Compilation of new from different segments of the industry
- D1.ticker – Daily compilation of news about NCAA Division I athletics
- D2.ticker – Compilation of news about NCAA Division II athletics
- Athletic Business E-News – Compilation of news about every segment of the industry from community recreation to professional sport
- SportTechie – Focuses on the intersection of technology and sport
- JohnWallStreet – Focues on sport finance
- Hashtag Sports Daily or Weekly – Innovation driving media, marketing, sponsorship, tech, and culture in sports
Professional Organizations (Most offer student memberships at affordable rates. Some offer internships.)
- NACDA – Look at the orgs across the top of the web page to find the professional associated with each functional business area of college athletics (marketing, finance, events, facilities, fundraising, etc.
- IAVM – Venue management professional association
- Stadium Managers Association – Stadium management professionals
- ALSD – Premium seating professionals
- NIRSA – Intramurals and recreation professionals
- CoSIDA – Sport communication professionals
- Click here for a longer list
Graduate Programs
Websites (Most of these sites have e-newsletters as well, even if they are not on the list above.)
- SportsBusiness Journal (most is behind a paywall) – Focuses on all segments of the industry
- Athletic Business – Focuses on all segments of the industry, including community recreation
- Front Office Sports– Focuses on all segments of the industry
- org – Focuses on the administrative aspects of college athletics
- SportTechie – Focuses on the intersection of technology and sport
- JohnWallStreet– Focuses on all segments of the industry
- Reuters Sports Business Headlines– Focuses on all segments of the industry, global focus
- CNBC Sports Business News– Focuses on all segments of the industry
- com– Focuses on all segments of the industry
- The Sports Biz– Focuses on all segments of the industry, global focus
- com – Focuses on sport marketing and PR
- Forbes SportsMoney – Focuses on all segments of the industry
- Look for any of the above resources. Most have Twitter accounts.
- Find the Twitter accounts of experts/journalists in certain segments of the field.
- Find sport business professionals in your area of interest (e.g., facilities, marketing, sponsorship, golf, youth sport) and see if they have a public account where they tweet about their profession. Lots do. If so, follow them.
Disclaimer: Effort has been taken to ensure that the main content for which the link has been provided (e.g., article, video, podcast) is suitable for college students and related to the field of sport management. However, many of these web-based materials have comment sections, feature advertisements, or may have been updated by the content owner subsequent to the review of the link. Consequently, the posting of these links does not constitute an endorsement of, nor is responsibility taken for, any of the content, advertisements, comments, etc. associated with these web-based materials.