im thinking of getting a major in Accounting then getting a MBA in sports management, it would be awesome to get a nice business job with a sports team.
Dual major with sports management + another business degree. Then get your MBA. Sports management isn't difficult and many of the core classes are shared with other business majors.
I have my degree in accounting and am working on my MBA. I'm a public accountant, but I like what I do. I absolutely love doing tax returns. I've learned a lot about other industries, and I catch the scoop about whats going on around the city I work in. I also get to meet a lot of really nice people. You can do a lot with an accounting degree. Take Intermediate I and after that, you'll know if accounting is right for you. It will give you slight exposure to many forms of accounting. I would love to be working for a sports team. Did you know athletes receive a W-2 for every state they play in? We have a few athletes at the firm I work for, no superstars or anybody playing for a Houston team.
Wait, what? I didn't know this. Lots of jobs have extensive travel involved (such as mine) but companies don't issue W-2s for work-time in various states... or do they and i'm just naive?
It's an entertaiment industry thing -- I think. You should see the mess for entertainers and athletes that perform internationally! I think some citys (NYC?) also levy a tax. (or maybe NY state is just one of the ones that taxes you in-state). I had a colleague with lots of entertainment industry clients. Very interesting. Very messy. Very funny (you should see some of the stuff they try to write off???).
lol damn thats not bad. i had no idea that athletes had to have a w-2 from every state daym. lol thanks for the info bro.
I didn't know sport management was in MBA curriculums. At my school, its in the college of health professions or human ecology. I think it's in Humanities at Rice, not Jesse Jones Management.
Yeah. We're setting up a movie shoot in Michigan, and everyone employed will have to pay Michigan state taxes on the money they earn while on location in Michigan, regardless of our state of residence. Of course, the production gets a 40% rebate on all that, so it's worth it from a production standpoint. I majored in accounting in college the first time around. I enjoyed the classes and did well, but I graduated into a bad economy soon after a couple of big accounting mergers, so the job market for accountants wasn't as good as it had been or as it has been since. I also went through a divorce around the same time (actually, while I was enrolled in the Master of Tax program at Baylor) and that caused me to re-evaluate what kind of things I wanted to do. But having a grounding in accounting has always helped me even though I've never really been employed as an accountant.
I think you may be wrong... the Sports Management program at UH is under the College of Education - Kinesiology degree (http://hhp.uh.edu/sportadmin/default.cfm) . I'm not even sure there is a MBA with a concentration of Sports Management... if you have a website or a link, please post it so I can check it out myself. I did research on this because I was interested in this industry as well. But, frankly speaking... the program itself is not that well-known and you are better off studying at the Bauer business school. (Another good suggestion was to dual major the sports management + a business degree). All the kinesiology majors I know are limited to being physical fitness trainers at local gyms and health clubs. With a degree in the business school, there are plenty of jobs out there for you. I'm currently studying to get a dual major in Accounting and Finance and I will graduate in December. Currently working part-time as a staff accountant for a large insurance company and looking for other opportunities for when I graduate, particularly in the oil/gas and energy industry or insurance industry.
