What Sport Management Is and What Sport Management is Not

So, I'm on the job hunt again and I am dealing with lots of frustration; mainly because of the title of my major, Sport Management.  I am beginning to think that when people see that I have a Sport Management degree they begin to question why I am applying for a job in the business world.  I have compiled a list for people that are possibly wanting to major in Sport Management, hiring managers that see Sport Management and automatically assume Gym, and for the general public or parents that would like a bit more information on the subject.

Sport Management is:

- Essentially Business Management with a focus on companies all over the global marketplace especially linked to Sport, we are also required to study general business as part of the major.

- A tough hands-on major that require students to be intelligent and quick on their feet.

- A dynamic major with topics including Entrepreneurship, Sociology, Globalization, Law, Event Management and Marketing.

Sport Management is Not:

- Kinesiology or Exercise Science

- An easy major.  Laziness does not prevail in Sport Management programs. 

- An individual or shy persons major.

The Sport Management degree is hands-on with students having to multi-task and manage several different events and projects at one time.  Every thing a student does is also documented (the shortest report of my work that was handed in was 20 pages long).  Teachers do not drone on and on in the front of the classroom, there is no time for that.  Students are given a syllabus expected to keep up with the readings and work.  If something needs to be instructed it is, but no spoon feeding here.  Students will spend three times the amount of time with their classmates outside of the classroom than in it.  All work no play, except in Recreation Management.  Recreation Management requires lots of play, but keep in mind that takes lots of planning too.

One must be a team player to survive this major and all work is always presented to the professor and class.  Aside from group presentations and events students will have individual speeches to give in every class for at least five minutes as an underclassman and sometimes the entire period as an upperclassman.

I hope this clears up some things about Sport Management.  I always do my homework before going into an interview and I don't want to be asked again about Kinesiology as part of my course work in Sport Management.  They are two very different majors.