Sports Business Club
The Notre Dame MBA Sports Business Club is dedicated to educating its members about the many career paths in the sports industry. More companies touch this industry than at first glance (especially when sponsorships and agencies are factored in). Enthusiasts and career hopefuls alike will find the opportunities provided in this club to be both exciting and enriching.
There are four main goals for this Club as presently constituted:
- Career Learning (company visits, conference trips, on-campus speakers, discussions of pressing business issues currently in sports)
- Networking (building up a network of like-minded professionals interested in sports; emboldening your chances of breaking into sports if it is a long-term goal)
- Social Awareness (fund-raisers (see events list below))
- Fun (because, after all, sports are fun; bonus points to anyone who can stump an exec board member on where any professional athlete went to college).
Club Officers
Michael Heath, President
mheath@nd.edu
John Brunell, Vice President
jbrunell@nd.edu
Brennan Clark, Vice President
bclark6@nd.edu
Jen Fomby, Vice President
jfomby@nd.edu
Events 2010-2011
San Diego State Sports MBA Case Competiton
When: February 2011
Description: Presented about the feasibility of a Mark Cuban-owned entity to convince the powers-at-be to implement a college football playoff system.
Northwestern Sports Business Conference
When: February 2011
Description: Attended conference with speakers representing the leading minds in the sports industry (senior execs from IMG, Gatorade, Big 10, etc.)
Sports Business Club Career Trek
When: February 2011
Description: Visited Blackhawks (sat down with President, VP of Business, VP/GM plus others at the United Center) and Intersport (leading sports marketing agency)
NBA Speaker
When: February 2011
Description: NBA's VP of Team Business Development spoke to a group of 30 students on his career progression and current issues facing the NBA