Football And Business Essay Research Paper Decisions

Football And Business Essay, Research Paper

Decisions are a part of everyday life. While some can affect lives for a day, others affect a lifetime. There comes a time in one.s life when he will need to select a career or a certain field to concentrate in, in order to make a living. A career that is most suited for a person.s desires can be chosen after making a conscious effort to review the positive and negative sides of both options.

The fields of football and business are difficult to have careers in. There are many obstacles and steps involved in getting into either field. Most business managers will not hire an unmotivated, unskilled, unreliable worker, they want, .intelligence, passion. enthusiasm, ability to cope with turbulent environments, and marketing experience..(Martin) These traits only come to those who wish to achieve. For football however, there are two ways of getting in. Some people are just born with a knack for football. The parents are 5.11. and 5.10. and their kid will grow to be 6.5., with speed like a cheetah and hands that seem to have glue on them. The other possibility on how to get into the NFL is hard work. Getting down to the nitty-gritty and pushing your mind and body to its limits are the attributes useful in achieving success. As well as personal characteristics, there are some physical characteristics that go with both fields. According to lawyer Norman Katnik, an associate of Katnik & Katnik Law, .Anyone can be a business man, short, fat, tall, skinny, white, black, anyone, but not everyone can play football. Typically linemen are 6.4. 280 pounds, running backs are usually 200 pounds and quarterbacks are usually 6.2... Another way to get in to either field is by a persons performance, such as degree in Business Administration or, for the athletes, finishing four to five years of college. The accomplishments will allow business officers and general managers to recognize those that have achieved the things that will distinguish them in their specific fields.

There are requirements needed in order to start a business. .Sometimes times are rough, you.ll need .stick-to-itiveness. and you.ll need to put blinders on and focus or you will lose track of what you were trying to achieve,. said Katnik. .I was even forced to work sixteen-hour days, which amounted to over seventeen hours a week. It seemed as though my family had become second to my career and I realized that no job was worth putting my family second,. said Katnik. Family is something that must be giving up in whichever field a person chooses. In Mr. Katnik.s case his sixteen-hour days limited time that he could be spending with his family. In football many hours are spent preparing. Many hours are spent working out, watching film, practicing, and studying game film all of which take away from other leisure activities and other career opportunities. .If players were smart they would use their time and status to market themselves so when they get out of the NFL they will have something to fall back on,. said Katnik. An example of this is NFL player Trevor Pryce of the Denver Broncos who used his popular status to begin a record label. He says that music will be his career after football. There are many hours spent that must be strictly dedicated to football. During .Hell Week. practices are held twice a day, sometimes three times a day each of which can last two hours. A typical NFL player.s schedule is bed check at 10pm, waking up at 6am, attending a mandatory breakfast, going to a mandatory stretch session at 8am, light lifting at 9am, heading to the dorms at the practice facility and finally they begin practice at 11am which will last to 1:30pm. They then eat lunch at 2pm, attend physical therapy at 3:30pm, then they lift again at 5pm, eat at 6pm, and then practice between 8pm and 9:45pm. It takes a tremendous amount of time. Mr. Katnik was asked if football took so long that it became un-enjoyable. He replied, .Heck no, I like the work ethic involved..

Business also consumes a lot of time. An owner must go through the financial aspects, set up business plans, decide what advertising will be used, how marketing will be spread out, who they will hire, and tons of other ins and outs. Mr. Katnik thinks, .Business takes as much time as you want it to take. You can work less if it makes you happy, stop working, or work as much as possible.. It all depends on how much a person wants to make. .The sacrifices I made in the beginning [sixteen hour days and giving up family time] have really paid off. Now I can take more time off and I wont be endanger, but it was a lot of hard work.. When asked if business took too much time, Mr. Katnik responded by saying, .Not necessarily because the harder you work the more you will make.. When asked if reducing time would be detrimental to business he said, .No. Reduction in hours greatly improved my attitude. When it took longer I didn.t really like it that much and there comes a point where a person must realize that things are taking too long and you need to take it easy. You cannot conquer the world in the first ten years..

For a person to start a business many things must be taken into consideration. Would starting or pursuing a business in a persons current home town be more beneficial than having to relocate. Does it matter where a business is located. Depending on what type of business a person wants to start, he sh