The Sports Industry: How to Find Your Dream Job

Though jobs in the sports industry might seem to be plentiful, it is a very competitive field. Divided into ten sections, this industry contains thousands of jobs in, sporting events, trade shows and meetings, sport sponsors, sport related media, sport facilities, sport retailers and manufactures, and professional sport services.

This industry in particular has a large turnover, a complex infrastructure, and an influence on many people's lives via the media and participation. To completely understand the nature of the sports industry, one must know that it is composed of different components:

Different Components in the Sports Industry

-Sporting goods - equipment manufacturers, high street sports retailers

-Facility management, provision and maintenance - motor sport facilities, stadiums, sports and leisure centers

-Sports coaching

-Sports tourism - packages for fans attending the world cup matches, or Olympics

-Sports development - sports development initiatives, governing bodies for various sports, local authority sports development officers

-Sports-related gambling/betting

-Professional sport

-Health and fitness - health clubs, GP referral schemes, personal fitness

-Trainers

-Sports medicine -sports injury clinics, physiotherapists

-Outdoors and adventure activities - mountain biking, climbing, canoeing

To know every section of the sports industry, you must understand the type of activities that take place and the respective organizations that provide them. For instance, if you are planning to get involved with sporting goods, you should know the different types of goods that are available through specialist equipment manufacturers and high end retailers, plus names of the various companies involved.

Likewise, to seek a job in sports development, you should be aware of what "sports development" is and the various jobs available for sports development officers, as well as the organizations that employ them, like the local authorities and charities governing bodies of different sports.

In general, people take it for granted that jobs are restricted within the sports industry. However, there are many other opportunities available. A job in the sports industry could range from that as a professional athlete, to a ball girl/boy, to a general manager of a professional sports team. You don't have to work for a professional sports team to get into the industry. You could start working as a trainer or coach for a high school team, a journalist, or a sports agent, or even work as a television broadcaster.

Salary Range in the Sports Industry

The sport, the team and the type of job, are some of the aspects that influence salaries in the sports industry. Following are examples of salary ranges of some jobs in the sports industry:

Coach: $20,000-$400,000+ (College) and $20,000-$70,000 (high school)

Sportscaster: $18,000-$1 million

Sportswriter: $15,000-$1 million

Sports Event Coordinator: $24,000-$90,000+

Education largely depends on the type of job one is planning to pursue. A college degree may not assure a job in the industry but may provide numerous opportunities for employment. Besides, it is almost impossible to get into the sports industry without experience. The best way to prepare for a job in the sports industry is to get maximum exposure.

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Tuesday Sports Betting Preview : Republic Of Ireland Vs Brazil

Tuesday Sports Betting Preview

By Antony Jordon

Bangladesh v England – Second ODI
Republic of Ireland v Brazil

We have only two major sporting events taking place today as Bangladesh take on England in the second One Day International of their three game series and Ireland take on Brazil in an International Friendly at the Emirates Stadium – home of Arsenal Football Club.

Bangladesh v England – Second ODI:
England will be looking to wrap up the One Day International series with a win at Dhaka today, as a win will give them an unassailable 2-0 lead with just one game to be played. England triumphed by six wickets on Sunday at Mirpur. Bangladesh put themselves in an excellent to claim a win against England for the first time ever as Tamim Iqbal hit 125, but they were all out for just 228 as his team-mates could not match his endeavour. Captain Alistair Cook and Paul Collingwood were England's saviours with 64 and 75 Not Out respectively.

Will England repeat this performance today? As touched on above, Bangladesh have never beaten England and the odds show this fact, with Bangladesh at best odds of 6.0 to win the game, while England are priced at 1.19 to as low as 1.12 in places!

How do we get value from this game then?

The BetRepublic cricket expert –Ed Hawkins – suggests backing Eoin Morgan as the top England batsman. You can check the best odds at William Hill.

Republic of Ireland v Brazil:
Ireland will go into this game without influential players Robbie Keane and Richard Dunne after both players picked up knocks in the Old Firm Derby and the Carling Cup Final respectively. Both of these players will be gutted to be missing the game as their last games were in the match in Paris that saw Ireland lose their World Cup playoff tie and they will want to pull on the green of Ireland again to banish that memory. Brazil will be fired up for this game as well as this is their last scheduled fixture before the World Cup kicks off in June and all the players will want to show that they belong in the World Cup squad.
How will the game go? As with International Friendly matches, it's difficult to predict but I have some value bets for you.

BetRepublic Picks: Brazil are best priced to win the game at odds of 1.50, but you can back them to win this game to nil @ 2.50. This is not a big leap as Brazil have kept clean sheets in their last three games and Ireland are missing their best striker in Robbie Keane. My other pick from the game is that Kaka will score for Brazil at anytime, which is best priced at 3.30. He is an extraordinary talent and Ireland will struggle to keep him quiet with their Richard Dunne out of the game.

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