iQuest Book

For my book that I have to read for iQuest I chose Sports Inc.: 100 Years of Sports, by Phil Schaaf. I will read two chapters a week in order to complete my goal of reading it in five weeks. The main idea of the book is the history of the sports industry, and how it has progressed over the years. So far the book has talked about how the radio and TV were the big turning points for the sports industry. It has also talked about the intensity level in sports and how that has grown in the past hundred years to astonishing heights. The sports industry has grown from small means of pass time, into one of the largest entertainment industries in the world. There was somewhat of a big bang in terms of the industry becoming popular. This was the time when sports teams were putting big money into the sports like any kind of businesses and it worked out. So far this book is very intriguing and I can’t wait to read more about my favorite thing in the world. I like how the book uses plenty of facts to back it up to show real proof of the industry’s growth. I think the author’s goal of the book was to show people how such a successful industry came to be. I want to learn more about this exciting topic.

iQuest Update

I am still interning at Bay Area Sports Management. I work for them on Wednesdays and Saturdays every week. The amount of time I spend working differs from week to week, but on average I work about 4-5 hours a week. Basically, my project consists of learning the ins and outs of the sports industry. I am learning from my mentor what it is to be a sports manager. Adonal Foyle is my mentors athlete that he manages. He is a former Warrior basketball player and is now writing books. It is amazing to see how much goes on with an ex-basketball player in one day. Things can come out of nowhere and you have to deal with them right away. I am learning to be versatile and flexible to these challenges being thrown my way. Many positive experience have arose from this internship. I have met a good amount of people in the industry and have learned that the more people you know, the more successful you will be. It is frustrating when you work hard on something and then something happens to that project and you have to just cancel it. This happens quite often in this business. When you are given a task with little time to complete it, you have to learn time management. I have learned to set out a plan for the day in terms of what time I will be doing things in order to be most efficient. This internship has taught me a lot.