Getting a Job in Sports?

[fustercluck]

Been thinking about it recently and think I might like to get a job working in sports somehow. I'm not good enough at any sport to play it or teach it professionally. Would like to do something more...behind the scenes, for lack of a better term (it's too early, I can't think yet). I'm sure sporting events take a lot of 'behind the scenes' work. Would be nice to work for the PGA or LPGA, or the equivalent of that in Tennis. Maybe I could be on of those ball boys who chases after tennis balls that are out of play - Working in college sports would be cool also (including golf, tennis, football, basketball, softball etc.)

How can I get a job in sports? I check job ads everyday and never see anything for Sports stuff. I've got in touch with a couple golf/tennis organizations and they didn't have any info for me, I've even offered to Volunteer (can't find work in the summer anyways). Guess I don't have many skilled trades but I'm sure some sporting organization could find something for me to do.

 

[hiromizu]

When I was a kid I played ball boy for the us open. They basically hire other competitive tennis players that are hanging around the area from tournaments or other events related to the sport but I'm sure if you walked up to their offices or called them, you'll get a better idea.

 

[Toonces]

Tennis and Golf?

that'll take some balls... good luck

 

[moshquerade]

i don't know that you'd make enough to make a living doing that though.

 

[z0mb13]

you can always go to a private golf club and apply to be a caddy

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
i don't know that you'd make enough to make a living doing that though.

This is just to supplement the $1 million/year he makes from his blog.

 

[Srfrbum]

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: moshquerade
i don't know that you'd make enough to make a living doing that though.

This is just to supplement the $1 million/year he makes from his blog.

Pwnt

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: Srfrbum

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: moshquerade
i don't know that you'd make enough to make a living doing that though.

This is just to supplement the $1 million/year he makes from his blog.

Pwnt

:laugh: Maybe, he's just looking for a hobby.

 

[fustercluck]

Originally posted by: Srfrbum

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: moshquerade
i don't know that you'd make enough to make a living doing that though.

This is just to supplement the $1 million/year he makes from his blog.

Pwnt

Yeesh I've still got plenty of stalkers from that thread - Just let it go already , was like 2 years ago and everyone got really riled up over nothing (which is the way of ATOT). The "blog" was up for like one day and wasn't offensive to anyone.

The only Golf course around me is city owned, and they pretty much never hire. I just gotta keep looking around I guess.

 

[hiromizu]

Weird. You want to go from making a million/yr to $15k/yr working as a grunt in sports and you're still thinking about it? I don't get it..

 

[lightstar]

go to a local health club and apply

 

[Juno]

all PGA and LPGA tours are looking for caddies. good luck signing up.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: Juno
all PGA and LPGA tours are looking for caddies. good luck signing up.

In what space-time continuum? Getting a pro bag is tough, you'd better be experienced and have contacts. If you want a pro you need to get on their bag before they're a pro. Good for eccentric millionaires, bad for anyone else that might need a paycheck for a couple of years.

If you can get a job caddying at a high end private club that's not a bad job. The work isn't hard and it's a decent hourly rate. But even that is not necessarily an easy gig to find. There are more experienced caddies than there are openings, especially at the places you'd want to work. Any newcomers would likely be the kids or friends of club members, not guys off the street. Again, without connections you'd start at the bottom at a less desirable place where you'd work cheap, get lousy tips and might hang around the place all day with no guarantee of getting a loop.

Right now there are no jobs I'd recommend in the golf industry for beginners. Most of the people in the biz are working long hours for fairly bad pay with little opportunity for advancement and a shrinking workforce so that there's no job security. The golf biz is in the doldrums at the moment, so when it comes to finding employees it's a buyers market. The few companies that are doing well and are hiring are able to do so by paying slave wages because they're the only game in town.