Hello world, my name is Joshua Smith and I hope you enjoy my blogs for the semester. Im in my 3rd year of college (I would have said junior but I need like 3 more credits), and I'm a sport management major. I plan to attain my undergraduate and graduate degrees at Bowling Green State University, then go to law school because my goal is to become a sport agent. I really just wanna have clients in football and basketball, but I'm thinking about the large contracts in baseball and that is very tempting (lol).
The reason for me wanting to become a sport agent was becasue I lost my passion for playing sports, but I never lost my passion for sports so I looked into careers within sport and believed that I have what it takes to become an agent (show me the money ---Jerry McGuire). I know several up and coming collegiate athletes that one day I would love to have as a client --Thaddeus Gipson, starting DE for Ohio State; Chris Fields, freshman WR for Ohio State; Jessica Beard, sprinter for Texas A&M and 4x400 relay world champion.
The male and female athlete I would pay to see are Kobe Bryant/Adrian Peterson and Serena Williams. I just think all three athletes are the best player of there sport and also my favorite. I am a huge, die-hard Lakers fan and not just a Lakers fan when we win, but I been a fan since 98' and even after Shaq was traded and missed the playoffs. Now that we have Ron Artest, the world better watch out because we are better than ever and ready to repeat as world champions. My two favorite teams are the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Lakers, which weirdly have the same exact color scheme: purple and gold. I guess you can say I bleed purple and cry gold.
Well I'm just excited about this class, I love the class discussions. It keeps the class fun and worth going to. Dr.Spencer is a awesome professor (No I'm not kissing ass I just call it like I see it). I want to obtain as much knowledge as I can from this course and be able to apply it to the real world of sport.
Im ready for a great semester and go Vikings and Lakers!!!!!!!!
Hi Josh,
ReplyDeleteThis was a great introduction! You will be glad to know that I have been a Lakers fan for a long time, too. In fact, I have been a fan ever since I lived out in LA in the 1980s. I would have had to make an exception if the Cavs had gotten to the finals this past year, but since they didn't, I was rooting for the Lakers with my sister and nephew, both of whom live in CA! In fact, we went to a Lakers' game the last time I was out there.
So you want to be an agent! You would be surprised at how many people are inspired by Jerry Maguire:-) Have you met Dr. Cho? He has his JD and PhD, so he would be a great person for you to meet! I hope you continue to enjoy the discussions in class--and keep adding your comments, as they are always good ones!
I look forward to reading more of your blog entries, and hopefully it will not take so long for me to reply to them.
Dr. Spencer
Kobe is such a great player to watch. I love all the hype between LeBron and Kobe. The Nike commercials are very funny these two guys have expanded what Nike does.
ReplyDeleteBecoming a sports agent could be really fun, but also a pain if you get an athlete like T.O. or Ochocinco haha. That is neat you know Thaddeus Gipson. Did you go to high school with him?
Peace