Baseball Signings

When it comes to the field of sports management there are many fields that need to be explored to get a full grasp of the concept. I went to explore the talent management area of sports management where there are agents and managers that deal with professional athletes careers. While watching Sports Center, a television show on ESPN, I saw that there were lots of off season baseball signings and trades. Before I get into detail I must explain that sports managers and agents are usually the people that negotiate these deals. These people are major players in the sports management industry. I will not get into detail with this matter but some of the key signings were Jonathan Papelbon, Tim Lincecum, and Adrain Beltre. The reason I bring this up is because the agents negotiate deals and have even been on telephone and video conferences on ESPN talking about how and why they got their clients the deals they did. The reason that this interests me so much is because this is the field I desire to get into. Jonathan Papelbon is a closer in the MLB and in 1 year will be making 9.8 million dollars. Now this is just one of the salaries in professional sports but I believe it is interesting how much money professional athletes make. This interests me because as an agent or manager you take a percent of the large salaries that professional athletes make. All the deals that you see on the TV and the Internet are made and negotiated by agents or people that manage the particular athletes careers

Intro

Hello everyone! I am currently a sports management major at NSU. I would like to get into all the aspects of this field and see where it can take people in the future. Within the next couple months i also will interview people who have this knowledge.