It is Thursday, which means a conference call with the group at ICC. We had another productive session with action items for each of us. Mine will be to modify the website and supply the video script that I rewrote. The others have higher-level tasks to complete regarding the implementation of Life After the Games‘ strategy. Meanwhile, I have also finished typing up the interview I did with Emily Egbers of the Cincinnati Reds for Tiffin Sports Management. This one was a little shorter at seven minutes, 25 seconds, so not as long to transcribe either. Still, she has a good story. Emily’s role at the Reds is Fundraising and Operations Coordinator, which means she oversees the 50/50 raffle at each home game plus youth baseball camps. Emily joined the staff after serving as an intern for two years. Her undergraduate comes from Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.
“I knew when I graduated I was going to go back (and receive a Master’s degree), it was just a matter of when,” she explained. “After talking to some of my undergrad professors and my bosses, they all told me, ‘go back before it’s too late.'” The reason Emily did so was to broaden her possibilities for the future, and she recommends that anyone who wants to pursue an MBA in Sports Management do so (E. Egbers, personal communication, July 21, 2020). I enjoyed this interview so much that I highlighted the entire section of notes I had written on it. Thanks once more to Emily for her great insight.