Careers In Sports Management

While you may be better at crunching numbers than at sinking a putt or scoring a touchdown

, that's no reason why you can't work with athletes as a CPA.

A CPA is a very important part of every sports team. Reggie Jackson heeded the advice of his CPA when he negotiated his contract with the California Angels baseball team in 1982. Since Jackson was such a famous baseball star and homerun king, his CPA felt that Jackson's presence would increase attendance at Angels' games. During negotiations with the team, Jackson stated that any seats sold in addition to what the Angels sold in 1981 was due to him and demanded that his paycheck should reflect that. He held out for a per seat sold bonus on top of his salary. The Angels were so eager to sign him that Jackson won the argument-and the bonus!

Yes, NBA Laker great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and NFL Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman do need personal financial analysts to keep them on the financial straight and narrow but there is more to being a CPA in the sports management industry than this one job niche. These job postings were found in just one morning of searching:

Controller for a Sports Entertainment Company: Bring your CPA and four years of experience to a senior management position with this Chicago company. Overseeing accounting teams (not the Chicago Cubs), you will track and analyze monthly operating expenses against the budget while retrieving revenue from third parties. You will manage the preparation of the annual report of expenses, revenues, and transfers as well as prepare financial outlooks and forecasts.

North American Finance Director: See yourself here in Orange County, CA if you are a CPA with 8+ years in professional operations and finance. Oakley will see its way clear to pay for your travel- which you will do 25% of the time for this $1 billion company in sports performance eyewear.

Accounting Manager: Cutters Gloves, Phoenix, AZ. Catch a great job with Cutters Gloves, which sells baseball gloves to high school, college, and professional sports teams from Portland Harbour, UK to Portland, Maine. You'll handle all aspects of accounting, including Cutter's US, Japanese, European, and Canadian accounting operations.

Accounting Manager, San Antonio Spurs Professional Basketball Team. Slam dunk your CPA license and your experience into a great career with the Spurs. Report to the Director of Finance and manage a staff of 14 accountants. You never know when Tim Duncan (all 6'11" of him) will saunter into your office!

How do you get there from here? To become a CPA in sports management, you should actually like sports. If you are still in college, consider taking courses in sports management. If you have graduated with your BA/BS, consider taking courses in sports management, accounting, and/or IT to bring your total coursework up to the 150 semester hours required by most states before you sit for the CPA Exam. By becoming a CPA, you expand your opportunities to move into management and to command higher salaries.

Since 1998, CPAexcel's students pass at nearly twice the national rate.

by: Eric Anderson.

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