Can anyone help me out connection wise.
Just trying to get my foot in the door with it

Doesn't have to be A&M or anything specific

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Are you class of 26? Your best bet at getting in is likely going to be enrolling in grad school and then interning while you're enrolled. Very tough (I'd say almost impossible) to get in without doing something like that.

Edit - I'll also tell you that this is way too broad of a request. Your chances of success will be significantly higher if you narrow down a more specific path within athletics. There are a LOT of different avenues to go down, and it's not going to be enough to just be interested in working in athletics because you happen to like sports.

Thank you for the advice. I've been interested in an analytics role with the athletic department with hopes of being a scout for a team. I've looked at doing it fresh outta school and that's kinda where I'm at right now.

Have any advice or anyway for me to get my foot in the door??

rsramsey26 said:

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Can anyone help me out connection wise.
Just trying to get my foot in the door with it

Doesn't have to be A&M or anything specific

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Start looking at Playfly, as we are switching from Learfield to Playfly in July. There are a lot of positions with them around the country and you could get on, work for awhile and move over to A&M after some time with them. Just a thought...

rsramsey26 said:

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Have any advice or anyway for me to get my foot in the door??

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-network your ass off
-find a way to sell someone on what you bring to the organization and why they should hire you

As previously mentioned, liking sports won't be enough.

My advice would be to find an adjacent market where the work is similar and fulfilling and leave sports as a hobby. There are so many people who want sports jobs that they are hard to get and don't usually pay as well as similar roles in other fields. Getting a masters degree for a foot in the door on a $60,000 / year job doesn't make a ton of sense unless you're actively willing to trade dollars for psychic income.

You should reach out to nuno/Billy and see if you can buy them a coffee to discuss.

Maybe some projects that would help them to demonstrate your skill set and then ask for an intro

1. Do you have enough money saved up to go without a salary for a few years?
2. Do you have generous parents that are willing to fund your pursuit of your dream?

Go volunteer as an unpaid assistant at your local junior college. If you do well, someone might make a call to get you a volunteer position at at D3 college. Continue to do well and you might get a grad assistant position at a directional midwest college with free classes and enough money not to starve. continue to progress and they will give you give you some obscure title and job with terrible pay, but at least you will probably get health insurance. Find the coach in the program that is the smartest, and make it known that you are willing to move anywhere in the country to follow his career and would like to be considered for future positions.

If you and your parents are not indepndently wealthy, I've a had a lot of "normal" friends end up in various athletics support roles like ticket sales, groundskeeping, gameday logistics, and concessions management without having to work for free for a few years to get their foot in the door.

agnerd said:

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1. Do you have enough money saved up to go without a salary for a few years?
2. Do you have generous parents that are willing to fund your pursuit of your dream?

Go volunteer as an unpaid assistant at your local junior college. If you do well, someone might make a call to get you a volunteer position at at D3 college. Continue to do well and you might get a grad assistant position at a directional midwest college with free classes and enough money not to starve. continue to progress and they will give you give you some obscure title and job with terrible pay, but at least you will probably get health insurance. Find the coach in the program that is the smartest, and make it known that you are willing to move anywhere in the country to follow his career and would like to be considered for future positions.

If you and your parents are not indepndently wealthy, I've a had a lot of "normal" friends end up in various athletics support roles like ticket sales, groundskeeping, gameday logistics, and concessions management without having to work for free for a few years to get their foot in the door.

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This is great advice.

If you want something you have to go and grab it, you can't wait for someone to give it to you.