Far better options to start your sports career
Pros
Your co-workers become a second family to you. There are a small number of people in your office and management that legitimately care for your career.
Cons
The organization’s business model is to hire young professionals straight out of college for far below-average pay and sell you on the potential to grow your career for the lack of financial compensation. However, almost immediately you’ll come to learn the organization is not a place to thrive in the world of sports. The front office is criminally understaffed, with the expectation from upper management being for every employee to take on 2, 3 maybe even 4 roles at a time that should be each a full-time position. This stifles your growth as you end up only learning how to survive each day doing the bare minimum in order for you to not get in trouble for not finishing your endless tasks. In terms of communication and creative jobs, management and the staff are far behind the current trends in the business. Filming, taking photos and writing all become a hassle as the team is hesitant to let young professionals infuse their new ideas, instead opting for methods and tactics that would be outdated in 2010, let alone now. Compensation isn’t just low, it’s borderline insulting. Expect to make far below the industry average of a 9-5 job while working the majority of weekends, a number of holidays and generally long hours well into the night. There are little to no resources to do your job, the direction of the company changes every few months and it is almost impossible for you to enjoy any work-life balance in a profession where that is already a challenge. I genuinely encourage young professionals wanting their first break in sports to work in the NWSL and NBA. However, there are far better teams and organizations to work for than this one.