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The Math Don’t Math in Sports Management with Zane Stoddard
Zane Stoddard teaches how to break into the business of sports
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If your only strategy to get into sports is networking... you're not getting into sports
Timestamps
0:10 – Zane Stoddard, welcome to the show
0:15 – God. Family. Sports
1:00 – Grew up loving sports
1:45 – College at University of Arizona
3:00 – BA in Journalism (no sports majors then)
4:00 – Went to sports career conference after graduation
5:30 – 30 years in sports
– internship at LA Clippers
– hired full time at LA Clippers
– moved to a subsidiary of NIKE (small partner with NBA)
– hired by NBA (New York office)
– relocated to Los Angeles to open NBA office
– shepherded by Scott Dickey, Rick Welts, Adam Silver
– moved over to NASCAR (Los Angeles office)
11:00 – Now owns and operates Elite Sports Advisory
11:30 – Shares what/how to get into the sports business
From about 12 minutes on you’ll hear how Zane helps people break into sports – and it’s probably NOT what you’re expecting to hear – so enjoy.
