The second edition of this comprehensive reference contains a new section on leadership and teamwork and more material on Internet job searching. Section 1 gives general advice on job searching
in the sports industry, while section 2 describes specific segments of the industry, covering 14 sports as well as areas such as event and facility management, concessions, and the various
media that cover sports. Other areas profiled are manufacturing and retail, sports agencies, corporate sponsorship, unions, professional organizations, and sports law. Section 3 outlines the
career tracks of executives in the sports industry, including major league managers, marketing professionals, athletic directors, and conference commissioners. Section 4 contains about 50 pages
of organizational charts for real organizations related to the sports industry. Section 5 contains job descriptions for about 100 jobs at many different levels in many segments of the sports
industry. The job descriptions draw on real-life job listings between 2006 and 2011 and on interviews with industry professionals. Wong is an attorney and professor at the Department of Sport
Management, University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Annotation �穢2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
