16-20 ICE

http://womensportsjobs.com/default.htm
The first one I found was an Assistant Director for the Center for Spectator Sport Research. It seems like a great opportunity and salary is looking pretty good as well. You must have a Master's Degree and graduate school is something I've been thinking about.

The second one I found was Director of Sports Marketing at Rodale. I'd be responsible of selling sports, event and marketing programs. It's located in New York so that would be a lot of fun.

The third one I found was being a Facilities Director. The starting salary isn't that great but I could work my way to the top. I would like to run things on my own.

The fourth one I found was a Physical Therapist. The job is pretty good when your somewhere big. I've always found interest in this field.

The fifth I chose was a Nutritionist. I would start off doing something like this because I love being healthy. And I feel like I could teach this to others.

All this research we had to do for grad ass., and ICE's really opened my eyes and helped me a lot.

Visiting Turner Field

Last week, we went to Turner Field. I've been there to watch games before, but we actually got to go on a tour of the entire place. It was very enjoyable and my favorite site visit so far. Our tour guide gave us a lot of useful information and he seemed to know a lot about Turner Field. He mentioned that we could apply online if we wanted to do an internship there. My favorite part of the tour was viewing the locker room(from a distance) and I was sad to find out that CHIPPER JONES was there when we were and I didn't even get to see him! He's my favorite player by the way. The museum was nice too and had some cool things in there. We took lots of pictures and I'm looking forward to going back!

(6-10) Grad. Assistanships

For our 6-10 grad assistanships, I chose five that were of best interest to me. The first one was Assistant strength and conditioning coach. This is located at The University of Conneticut and seems like a fun opportunity. I know a friend that does this exact same thing at the University of Ga and loves it. The second one I chose was working with Outdoor Parks and Recreation at The University of Florida. This was probably my favorite one and the location is awesome. I would develop, plan, and teach clinics related to the skills of outdoor recreation and waterfront activities. The third I chose was also at The University of Florida but this time it had to do with Intramaural Sports. Our assistant coach here at Reinhardt does this and it seems very interesting. The fourth was at Illinois dealing with Athletic Training. Although I don't want to go into this field I think I could learn a lot from doing a Grad Assistanship here. The fifth was Grad Assisting Coaching at Barry University. This would be the perfect opportunity for me because I want to coach one day. This assistanship could teach me everything I need to know to be a coach.

Human Resource Management

Me and Haley had the opportunity to seek a building and events management intern with the Atlanta Thrashers. The job description was maintaining building facilities, and planning events such as games, practices, and fan days. The job specification was a Bachelor's degree in a related field. i.e. Sports Administration. Also, to have good written and oral communication skills, time management skills, and to be able to work well with others. A plus would be to have some background in building maintenance. The application process would be to email the Director of Operations with an application with a resume including three references. The deadline would be may 2011. Some things the potential interns would be evaluated for is as follows: oral/written skills, references, education, application submitted on time, knowledge of organization, and time management skills.

Visiting Ga Tech./ Ga Dome

Yesterday, we went on a visit to Georgia Tech and the Georgia Dome. The trip was a success and I enjoyed it a lot. I thought Ga Tech's sports facility was unbelievable. As much as I love Reinhardt, I really wish we had something that spectacular. They had everything from pools, to an indoor soccer facility, to a rock climbing wall. Our tour guide made it even more interesting as well. There is so much money put into that facility and you can for sure tell. After the Tech visit, we went to the Georgia Dome. I've been there before for a game or two, but we actually got to go in the locker room and stand on the field. It was pretty awesome and I'm hoping to go back soon. We sat in the suites that people buy out for the game. Wish I had all the money in the world to afford one of those. I actually learned a lot throughout the visits and it opened my eyes for career opportunities!

GUEST SPEAKER-Bob Pearson

Yesterday we had another Guest Speaker. His name was Bob Pearson and he is for sure my favorite one so far. He works at Berry College where he advises students, teaches sport classes everyday, and supervises coaches. He had the pleasure of working with Dr. Epling at Berry. He explained about life and his outlook on it and it was very fun and interesting to listen to. He gave us a list of quotes and briefly explained them to us . Everything he said was so true and it really opened my eyes. One of the things that caught my attention the most was the 10/90 principle. 10 % of people will take 90% of your time. And we also learned a new term, Lagniappe. It means you always do more than what is expected. I hope he gets to come back again because I really enjoyed his speech!

INTERNSHIP/CAREER(11-15)

We had our third set of career/internships to do. The five that I found were all of interest to me and I'm excited to see what the future holds. The first one that I chose was a Health and Fitness Specialist. This job consists of promoting local health and fitness. It's location is New York which is pretty awesome. This job seems interesting and would be a great opportunity for me. The second one I chose was a Life Skills Coach. This job would help me to maybe one day be a head coach which are my plans for now. The job summary is maintaining individual's physical and emotional health and developing independent living skills. The third one is being an Assistant Athletic Trainer. The purpose of this job is to deal with prevention and care along with the rehabilitation of athletes. Athletic Training has always been appealing to me. My fourth job I chose is an Assistant Strength Conditioning Coach. This perhaps could be an internship opportunity for me. I would instruct and supervise conditioning workouts which is something I'm really into. My last one is a Business Coach/Cosultant. It deals with private coaching lessons and consulting projects to small and medium businesses. All of these seem like they would be fun and teach me a lot!

GUEST SPEAKER-BILL POPP

We had another guest speaker for our Sports Administration class. It was someone who we were all familiar with and his name is Bill Popp, and to some Coach Popp. He is the head baseball coach and Athletic Director here at Reinhardt University. He explained to us how he went to West Georgis and played three years of baseball. His last year he chose to volunteer coach there which opened many opportunites for him. He got his bachelor's degree there and eventually ended up at Oglethorpe where he was the head coach for 11 straight years. In 2004 he decided to come to Reinhardt College. The second year he was here they formed a baseball team and he's been the head coach ever since. He got into detail about how there are 290 schools in the NAIA and there's 25 different conferences. We have 15 sports at Reinhardt(8 women, 7 men). There are five core values that include: integrity, respect, responsibility, sportsmanship, and servent leadership. I really enjoyed him coming to talk to us!

Career/ Internships

For our second set of career/ internships we had to do five. My first choice had to do with Pro Sports Communications. The job of this is to make sales calls and assist with media. I've always wanted to work in Professional Sports so this one would have to be my favorite. My second choice was a Fitness Manager. This would probably be a beginner job or perhaps an internship. You would hire, develop, and supervise the personal training staff. My third choice was interning with sports medicine. You would provide administrative support to the sports medicine programs and also be involved with event managing. This seems like a very interesting internship. My fourth choice was a ticket sales manager. My job would be to create and develop new business accounts, planning and coordinating group events, and manage personal accounts. The fifth choice I had was an Assistant Director. I'd develop business and educational opportunities. You have to have a Master's for this one.

Grad Assistantship

We had to find five potential graduate schools with sport-related degree programs of interest. The first one that I chose was working with Recreational Sports and Services at Southern Illinois University. They are responsible for supervision and coordination of the Recreational Sports and Services. It works with the intramural sports and is a minimum of 20 hours per week. My second choice was working with Track and Field at Missouri. You would help the head coach and help the team out any way possible. I did track in High School and I thought this would be a neat experience. My third choice had to do with recreation at Slippery Rock Institution. This seems to be right up my alley. They work with sport clubs and weekly outdoor adventure programs. My fourth choice was again grad assisting in intramural sports at East Carolina University. Some things that I would be doing is organizing, supervising, and scheduling events. My last choice was working with Recreation at Oakland University. It seems like it would be fun working here.

Event Management

For our first and only Event managment, we worked at the soccer game. We were the ball girls and our job was quite easy. We had to arrive a little early to learn what we were supposed to do and see if there was anything we could help Steve with. During the game we stood in foul territory and retrieved the balls as they were kicked out. We'd throw them back a ball so they could continue the game. I knew nothing about soccer and during the game I even got to learn a little bit. Our game went by a little slow because our boys were doing really good. At the end of the game we returned the balls. This experience taught me a lot and was a good activity to do.

Visiting the "Y"

Today we visited the YMCA in Canton. We had the pleasure of having Nicole Lawson as our speaker and our tour guide. She seemed to really know what she was talking about and she acted like she loved her job which is good. She handles memberships as well as the financial aspets at the Y. She explained to us the membership prices and what all we would have access to if we joined. It was a very interesting place and would be enjoyable to join. She also showed us around the whole place and it's pretty big. It has pools, basktball courts, a work out room, a day care, and even a track outside. They offer different classes like yoga, which is something I use to love to do. They're open from during the week from 5:30 in the morning to 9:30 at night. She also told us how we could potentially do our internships there if we went through the whole process and I think it'd be a neat place to maybe do mine. I enjoyed going here because I've never been to one; I've just always heard about it. I hope to go back soon!

5 career choices

The assignment was to look up five career/ internship choices that you felt interest in.
My first one that I picked out was an Administrative Coordinator. The location is in Phoneix and the position is looking for part time or full time. Some of the qualifications it includes are: organizational skills, budget management, and excellent verbal and communication skills. This is far away from home, but when I graduate I want to move out of state to work somewhere. This seems like it'd be a great opportunity.
My second career that I chose was a Director of Athletic Marketing. The qualifications are having a Bachelor's degree in marketing, sports management, business or related field and some experience. This job develops Intercollegiate Athletics marketing plan and promotes efforts. I chose this job because I'm up for any challenge and I may want to take my career path to the marketing side of sports.
The third career I chose was a Fitness Manager. This is the one I liked the best. It's location is Fort Lauderdale which is somewhere I'd love to live. The summary of the job is recruiting, hiring, developing and training. I love working out and being in shape and working with people so this would be an awesome opportunity!
The fourth career that I chose was am Account Executive for a Professional Sports Team. I've always wanted to work within a Sports team and this job sounds like just the fit for me. They are involved with NFL and MLB which is two things that I love to watch. You would make sale calls, and deal with ticket packages. I could totally see myself somewhere similiar to here.
My last career was Management Training. The job is full time and there is a guranteed commission plan. They are looking for competitive individuals who have the excitement to work. You don't have to have any prior marketing experience. This sounds like an intersting job that I'd be lucky to have.

Response to Becoming Invaluable

This was a great slide show that I really learned a lot from. It's teaching us to start planning now before it is too late. You really need to use your school courses and assignments to develop skills. When you join an organization, you want to add multiple values to it to make you look good. Reinhardt University is a Liberal Arts College that allows you to become the person you want to be, instead of someone else. You need to learn to reflect and reason while your in school, and make new friends while experiencing the college life. The question is where do you see yourself in five years? Where do you want to be? Starting off as a freshman, you need to get involved right away with any school activities. As a sophmore, you need to start thinking about experiences and building your skills for success. As a junior, your academics should be your main priority and start to develop leadership roles. And as a SENIOR, you need to determine whether or not you want to go to grad school, which I don't so I need to think of other options. I learned that we rank near the top with experiential learning requirements. You want to think about what skills you can demonstrate well? And some things that employers want to look for is outstanding grades, experiences, networking, and free time experience. I hope to do my internship with the Rome Braves, but we will see if anything else comes up. I need to start applying now so I can have a job in the summer. This slide show was a good reality check!!

Guest Speaker #2- Vic Mitchell

In Tuesday's class, September 7th, we had our second guest speaker for our Sports Administration class. He is currently coaching at Shorter University for women's basketball. He was an undergrad at the University of Ga, and also managed men's basketball in 1981. His first job was surprisingly at Reinhardt College, which back then was a Junior College. He was here for 6 years and was the head coach for basketball. He explained that in a sports related profession, you must bring people together by having people skills. He started at Shorter in 1990 and also coached slowpitch softball for three years. After that, cross country for five, and women's golf for another five. Coach Mitchel decided to leave Reinhardt, because Rome seemed to be the right choice for many reasons. For one, more stability, and it was a bigger town with much more to do than good ole Waleska, and also personal reasons. He told us how Shorter gives away 24 full ride scholorships to football players and how there's more than 100 players on the team. There's also a roster minumum you have to maintain. He set a good example for our class and I really enjoyed his speech!

Guest Speaker- Peggy Collins

In Tuesday's class, we had a guest speaker. Her name was Peggy Collins and her job title is the Director of Career Services and she's part of the Reinhardt Organization. Her purpose of coming to talk to us was to explain resumes. Ms. Collins was precise with the way she explained everything and it was clear to understand her language. There are two types of resumes. A chronological manner and a freelance writer summary. She suggested to maybe do both. There's a website on Reinhardt that helps you out greatly when it comes to making a resume. She touched base on that and showed us how to make an account and what all is on it.There's also another website thats called collegecentral.com. You can create a portfolio and view video clips. You can start preparing for interviews since job searching will be arriving for everyone soon. She told us we could come to her anytime we want with questions or help. I learned a lot from her!

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Nuggets coach faces cancer

May not return to Nuggets soon

George Karl is the coach for the Denver Nuggets. He is now suffering through neck and throat cancer and was also hospitalized this week for blood clots in his leg and lungs. Adrian Dantley has served as a coach for the Nuggets for the past eight games. The fighter beat prostate cancer a couple years ago and is currently undergoing chemotherapy treatment and radiation. He may be back for playoffs next month.

Response to "How athletes go broke"

Many people wonder what it's like to be rich and live in wealth. But is it always what it's made up to be? Many athletes have suffered significantly with bankrupt and loosing most or all their money. Some have even faced jail time due to lack of money. How does billions and billions of dollars just go away so quickly? The economy hasn't been so great lately and middle class isn't the only individuals that are getting effected; MLB players are too. It is said that a pro athlete's money is supposed to "outlive" their career, but yet most players never get that. The NFL, NBA, and MLB is the main one's that make the big bucks, but unfortunately it's not always a happy ending like they would hope so. I guess athletes don't responsibly take the time to fully understand the concept of their money so they keep spending it and eventually it all runs out. They're into sports, not business and this creates a problem. Marriage and divorce are huge issues when dealing with money. This is one of the biggest things that make people go broke. Divorce is an expensive process and many athletes have dealt with this matter. No matter who you are or what type of family you come from it seems that everyone around will always have some kind of money problems. If you don't learn and protect your money then you can face serious problems that will ruin your life. Pro athletes make so much money, but in the end is it all really worth it?

TIGER WOODS

Tiger Woods coming back?

There's been rumors going around for when Tiger Woods will return to the PGA tour. Some say that he's out until the Master's while others say he'll be back in two weeks at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. It's been a hard three months for Tiger, not that he didn't deserve it anyway. He's recently been practicing near his Orlando home. He's getting into a routine for fitness to get back on track. Sometimes the best thing to bounce back or forget about things is to do what you love. The last time he took a leave for gold was when his dad died in 2006 and he spent six weeks coping.

2010 Winter Olympics

Team USA leads medal standings after opening weekend

The Winter Olympics is an important event that happens every two years. It's opening weekend was this past weekend and so far the U.S. is looking pretty good. Unfortunately, there was a tragic death that occurred right before the games started so the opening ceremony was dedicated to this man whose name is Kumaritashvili. All the countries are competing for excellence. As of today, the U.S. has gotten one gold medal, one silver, and three bronze medals.

C. Post- Super Bowl

The Saints? or the Colts? The Super Bowl turned out to be a great, successful game! It's such a significant event and brings so many different people together to celebrate. Football always has the most fans and the most entertainment. In the past years, I've never had to do an assignment on the Super Bowl before, or study it at all, but I noticed a lot of things that I wouldn't have if I was just watching it for the game. Like how the commercials and ads pertain to guys wants, and also how the commercials are meant to be hilarious because they know that half the world is watching and they can represent their product in an entertaining way. A lot of hard work is put into the Super Bowl, trying to make it the best spectacular event of the season, and it always is! It keeps people wanting to watch more, and there's never a dull moment. I'm going to use the comparision of The Super Bowl to The Movie Awards. They both bring millions of people together to watch, and both have special events going on during the show. They also both involve important people. Each has a special meaning but in a different way. In a way, the Super Bowl is an extremely historic event that binds us all together. :)

B. During Super Bowl

I watched the first half, halftime, and some of the second half of the Super Bowl. The main thing that caught my eye, like many other people, was the commercials. The advertisements were mostly funny and some were informational. In the time that I watched the game, I saw at least five different Bud-Light commercials. They were all pretty interesting to me, and my favorite that I got to see was probably the very first one, where the house was made up of full Bud-Lights. There was a snickers commercial with Betty White that also caught my attention because it was amusing as well. Out of all the commercials I saw, my most favorite would have to be the Doritos one with the little boy who slaps the guy in the face and says "Keep your hands off my momma keep your hands off my Doritos." It's one of those that everyone is going to be talking about the next day, and when I got on Facebook, people were already stating the words! I noticed how many of the commercials are based for a man's perspective. For example, besides all the Bud-Light commercials, there was a Dove for men commercial. Even though women do watch the Super Bowl, you could say a majority of the fans are men and perhaps that is why so many of the commercials are for men. Drinks, movies, and cars were the superiority of commercials for the Super Bowl. Aside the commercials, the announcers mainly talked about both teams and the specific plays. They also talk about individual mistakes and how they can improve. At the end of the first half, one of the commentators said, " So much for a high scoring game." During the halftime report they discussed the highlights of the game so far, and how the Colts were doing well. They also kept talking about "the ankle" which is referring to Dwight Freeney. He didn't seem to have a problem with it because he was doing great and they were wondering if he'd keep it up in the second half. The half time show included a band and singing. There were fireworks and neon lights that made the show awesome. I got to watch the very end of the game, and GO SAINTS!!:)

A. Pre-Super Bowl

1. Commercials
The Super Bowl brings huge masses of advertising revenue each year for the NFL.
Commercials are a major topic when talking about the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl is best known for its interesting commercials. Everyone is always looking forward to watching them to determine whether or not they are the best, worst, or funniest. Companies pay a bundle of money just to put out a commercial because they know that a majority of the world is watching.
Some Super Bowl facts:
· 3 million for each commercial
· 50% of viewers who watch the Super Bowl only do so for the commercials
· Fans take bathroom breaks DURING the game, not during the commercials

2. Media
The Media plays an important role when it comes to the Super Bowl. From television, newspapers, and magazines; everyone is fully involved before and after the big game. The media is everywhere, every day, trying to get the 411 on both the Colts and the Saints. They can take pictures, or even interview players. The media would do anything just to find out the scoop of the football players and what they're doing to prepare for the Super Bowl. Headlines have been going out in the past few weeks talking about the Super Bowl and what there is to expect.

3. Parties
Parties are another essential part of the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl brings family and friends together to celebrate this important day. Even people who never really watch football, choose parties or make plans to watch the Super Bowl. Tons and tons of parties go on for the Super Bowl, even if it is on Sunday! It goes to show how meaningful the Super Bowl really is for everyone. You can either be a die-hard sports fan or just be ambitious to watch the commercials; it definitly brings people together to celebrate. People hosting these parties come up with different themes and ideas to honor the Super Bowl.

Arena's charged with felony

Gilbert Arena's, who is a former Washington Wizard basketball player, has recently been charged with a felony. Last month, the Wizard's guard had a confrontation with teammate Javaris Crittenton that involved a gun. NBA commissioner David Stern suspeneded Arena's last week withot pay. Arena's was charged for carrying a pistol without a license outside a home or business. His future is up in the air due to his behavior.

Sport Quotes

The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break.
~John Madden


Prize fighters can sometimes read and write when they start - but they can't when they finish. ~Martin H. Fischer


One day of practice is like one day of clean living. It doesn't do you any good.
~Abe Lemmons


Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
~Al McGuire

If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?
~Vince Lombardi

The trouble with referees is that they just don't care which side wins.
~Tom Canterbury

Men forget everything; women remember everything. That's why men need instant replays in sports. They've already forgotten what happened.
~Rita Rudner