U.S. Works to Boost Sportsmanship in America

By Karen Calabria, Special Correspondent at IIP Digital

New York - Just two months after a devastating earthquake in 2010 leveled large parts of Haiti, the Haitian women's under-17 soccer team met its American opponent in regional competition. The Americans would go on to win, but, instead of celebrating, U.S. goalkeeper Bryane Heaberlin marched across the pitch to comfort a Haitian opponent who had collapsed in tears. Heaberlin was so moved by the experience she went on to found the Many Hearts One Goal Foundation, which helps U.S. colleges recruit and train Haitian soccer players.

"When you look at the stories coming out of sports, Americans have done some absolutely phenomenal things," says Positive Coaching Alliance's Eric Eisendrath, a television director who has covered the last five Olympics.

Phil de Picciotto, the founder and president of Octagon, a talent management agency, suggests that good sportsmanship has much in common with basic American values. "Sports are based on the idea that everyone has a fair shot, a chance for upward mobility. There's a level playing field and anyone on any given day can win. The fairness of that landscape is consistent with the American ideal," de Picciotto says.

2012-13 OVC Championships / Marketing Assistant

Position Overview

The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) offers a part-time 10-month championships / marketing assistant position to support the conference office's marketing and sponsorship operations as well as championship operations. The internship is an unpaid opportunity with flexible scheduling. The position is eligible for academic credit, per applicable institutional academic policies. Anticipated start date is August 13, 2012.

Organization Description

The OVC is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I conference located in Brentwood, TN. The OVC is made up of 12 (twelve) universities including Austin Peay State University, Belmont University, Eastern Illinois University, Eastern Kentucky University, Jacksonville State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Southeast Missouri State University, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville, University of Tennessee-Martin, Tennessee State University, and Tennessee Tech University.

Vanderbilt IMG Sports Marketing

2012 Fall Internship

The Vanderbilt IMG Sports Network is seeking interested candidates for a part-time, temporary internship position based at the Vanderbilt University property in Nashville, TN. The intern will have the opportunity to learn various aspects of the multi-media rights industry, covering such areas as corporate sponsorship sales and sponsorship activation, marketing services and sales support, and event and property management.

Qualifications:

The internship program is open to any qualified candidate who is entering his/her junior or senior year in college, as well as graduate level students with at least a 2.8 GPA. Other qualifications include:

Voice of the Box Founder Releases Book for Sport Industry Young Professionals

There is more than one way to have a fulfilling career in sports. Career coach and national guest lecturer, Matt Crevin merged his love of sports and his business acumen and made it a career that began with his "rookie" public relations internship for the San Francisco 49ers in 1991.

If you're a young professional just starting your career, Get in the Game provides the opportunity to learn and develop a game plan for launching your career in the sports industry.

With wisdom, humor and insight, through Matt's personal experience and industry insider interviews Get in the Game offers a wake-up call for sports industry hopefuls and reminds us there are jobs in sports beyond being an athlete and job search strategies that work best.

Once again, the Kinesiology, Leisure and Sports Sciences Department at East Tennessee State University is pleased to invite you and your students to attend the 2012 ETSU Sport Management Student Conference!

The conference dates are October 18th & 19th, 2012, in Johnson City, TN. This event is tailored to undergraduate students (although graduate students are welcome), with the purpose of providing them with further understanding of the sport management field and insights on how to start a career within the sports industry. The event will host experienced professionals in the areas of: facilities management; motor sports, marketing and sales, professional sports, and intercollegiate athletics. In addition, participants will have the opportunity to take a guided walking tour of Bristol Motor Speedway facilities.