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Prober and Sprotzer peak interest in sports classes By David Pavlak The sports industry is a multi-billion-dollar business, but does anyone actually know how the sports work behind the scenes, where the money goes or how it is distributed? Rider offers its students the opportunity to find out how this process works and more with the Masters of Business Administration (MBA) Business of Sports class, taught by Dr. Larry Prober, and the business of sports minor, headed by Dr. Ira Bruce Sprotzer, which are available to all undergraduates. Through the use of high-profile sports executives, the students have the ability to know the ins-and-outs of how a sports industry operates. The idea came to fruition after Prober noticed sports business classes being offered at other schools. “I was searching the web about eight or nine years ago and I saw that Stanford had a [business of sports] course,” Prober said. “Ironically, I was drawn to it because I was looking for business stuff. They had brought in Bill Walsh who, at the time, was the [San Francisco] 49ers’ coach. They decided to bring in a lot of speakers. I thought, ‘Wow, that’s pretty good. Wouldn’t that be nice?’” The plan wasn’t without some hesitation on Prober’s behalf. “What about materials?” he said. “These teams don’t issue financial statements the way corporations do. I’m used to teaching accounting where you can get financial statements and read about the inner workings and try to interpret those. These are syndicates and privately held businesses. Then, I saw that they actually wrote a textbook and included cases that made a lot of their materials available to everyone. I thought it might be a nice elective for MBA students to have.” Half the battle was finding and bringing in the appropriate speakers to connect to the class. “I got a copy [of the book] and it looked really terrific,” Prober said. “That’s when I called Harry Gamble — he was the first person I called. I said, ‘I would like to do this’ and he said, ‘Sure, I’ll come in and talk.’ That kind of gave me the confidence to call some other people. As time passed, I got an array of speakers.” Previous speakers have included Gamble, a Rider alumnus and former president of the Philadelphia Eagles; John Nickolas, the chief financial officer (CFO) of the Philadelphia Phillies; Sandy Lipstein, the former CFO of Comcast Spectacor and Don Harnum, Rider’s current athletic director. “I was pretty lucky,” Prober said. “People said yes to me. I would not have done this without their support. I can’t answer a lot of these [specific] questions and the students want to be able to ask questions. I cover the league-level teams, a little college sports, marketing, stadiums and arenas, valuation and lots of other topics. I’ve been pretty lucky.” Sprotzer faced the same sort of success. “Individuals that I have known for quite some time such as Don Harnum, Kevin Bannon, Rick Giles of The Gazelle Group and others have been willing to speak in my sports classes,” Sprotzer said. “They have also referred me to other individuals who have been willing to speak. I guess it is a matter of knowing some people and developing connections with others in the field.” All the speakers in Prober’s class have given the students important advice and information hopefully to help them upon entering the field. “A reoccurring theme among speakers is that it’s hard to go right into sports,” Prober said. “That’s kind of why we have a minor at the undergraduate level. The feeling was, we didn’t want students to get too much of an expectation that they were going to get a degree and go and work in a sports enterprise. It does happen, but it kind of is a rarity. So what the speakers normally do is give words of wisdom on getting any job at all. I do feel the students really take those to heart.” Sprotzer has noticed his students have taken a liking to the guest speakers. “I believe that students learn a great deal from guest speakers who have experience in a certain field,” Sprotzer said. “This is especially true in survey type courses, such as Introduction to the Business of Sports. Most students pay close attention, especially if the speaker is both knowledgeable and entertaining.” Still, a subject is only as interesting as the professor can make it. With the addition of guest speakers, Sprotzer has been happy with the turnout of the program. “Students that are interested in the material usually take an active part in the learning process and I have found this to be true in the sports classes I have taught,” he said. “It is also a pleasure to teach in an area that interests you and that is surely the case with me and sports.” Prober isn’t looking to revolutionize the business of sports at Rider. In fact, he believes that students shouldn’t have such a narrowed-down area of focus. “The feeling was, we might be holding out too much promise to students if they are going to be majoring in this,” Prober said. “What if they didn’t get a job in sports? Well they know a lot about sports marketing and sports this and sports that, but you’ve got to get a job and have a career. They can just as easily do it if they had a functional specialization and then they went into it.” At the end of the day, however, it’s all about learning. “I’ve had professors attend the class and they always feel that the concluding remarks about how to succeed in business are almost as important as what went on with the team,” Prober said. “That’s kind of what we are here for. Part of what I am doing is comparing and contrasting how a normal business operates, kind of in comparison to a sports franchise. Most of the class will graduate and work for a normal business, yet they can bring what they learn to that and if they end up in sports they can use those experiences.”
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Prober agus leas buaic Sprotzer i ranganna spóirt Ag David Pavlak Tá an tionscal spóirt gnó il-billiún-dollar, ach níl fhios ag aon duine i ndáiríre conas a oibríonn an spóirt taobh thiar de na radhairc, áit a dtéann an t-airgead nó conas tá sé dháileadh? Rider Cuireann cuid mac léinn an deis a fháil amach conas a oibríonn an próiseas seo agus níos mó leis an Máistreacht Riarachán Gnó (MBA) Gnó den aicme Spóirt, múinte ag an Dr Larry Prober, agus an gnó spóirt beag, faoi cheannas an Dr Bruce Ira Sprotzer , is iad atá ar fáil do gach fochéimí. Trí úsáid a bhaint as ard-phróifíl feidhmeannaigh spóirt, tá na mic léinn an cumas a fhios ag na breiseáin-agus-outs ar conas a oibríonn tionscal spóirt. Tháinig an smaoineamh a chur i gcrích tar éis deara Prober ranganna gnó spóirt á dtairiscint ag scoileanna eile. "Bhí mé ag cuardach ar an ngréasán faoi ocht nó naoi mbliana ó shin agus chonaic mé go raibh Stanford ar [gnó spóirt] ndóigh," a dúirt Prober. "Go híorónta, tarraingíodh liom é toisc go raibh mé ag lorg le haghaidh rudaí gnó. Thug siad sa Bhille atá Walsh, ag an am, bhí an [San Francisco] 49ers 'cóiste. Shocraigh siad a thabhairt i go leor cainteoirí. Shíl mé, 'Wow, tá go maith go leor. Ní bheadh a bheith go deas? '" Ní raibh an plean gan roinnt leisce ar son na Prober. "Cad mar gheall ar ábhair?" A dúirt sé. "Ní dhéanann na foirne a eisiúint ráitis airgeadais ar an mbealach a dhéanann corparáidí. Tá mé ag a úsáidtear chun teagasc cuntasaíochta áit ar féidir leat a fháil ar ráitis airgeadais agus a léamh mar gheall ar an obair istigh agus iarracht a léirmhíniú sin. Tá na syndicates agus gnólachtaí i seilbh phríobháideach. Ansin, chonaic mé gur scríobh siad iarbhír téacsleabhar agus áirítear cásanna a rinne a lán de na n-ábhar ar fáil do gach duine. Cheap mé go bhféadfadh sé a bheith ina roghnach deas do mhic léinn MBA a bheith acu. " Leath an cath a aimsiú agus a thabhairt i na cainteoirí is iomchuí chun a cheangal leis an rang. "Fuair mé cóip [den leabhar] agus d'fhéach sé i ndáiríre terrific," a dúirt Prober. "Sin nuair a d'iarr mé Harry Gamble - bhí sé ar an chéad duine a d'iarr mé. Dúirt mé, 'Ba mhaith liom é seo a dhéanamh' agus dúirt sé, 'Cinnte, beidh mé ag teacht isteach agus labhairt.' Chineál sin de thug dom an muinín a ghlaoch roinnt daoine eile. Mar am a ritheadh, fuair mé le sraith de chainteoirí. " Cainteoirí roimhe seo bhí Gamble, ar Alumni rothaí agus iar-uachtarán na Philadelphia Eagles; John Nickolas, an príomhoifigeach airgeadais (CFO) den Phillies Philadelphia; Sandy Lipstein, an CFO iar Comcast Spectacor agus Don Harnum, reatha Rider ar stiúrthóir Lúthchleas Gael. "Bhí mé go leor t-ádh," a dúirt Prober. "A dúirt Daoine yes dom. Ní ba mhaith liom a dhéanamh seo gan a gcuid tacaíochta. Ní féidir liom freagra a lán de na [leith] ceisteanna agus na mic léinn ar mian leo a bheith in ann ceisteanna a chur. Chlúdach mé na foirne Sraith-leibhéal, beag spóirt coláiste, margaíocht, stadiums agus láithreacha, luacháil agus go leor ábhair eile. Tá mé go leor t-ádh. " Sprotzer os comhair an saghas céanna de rath. "Daoine Aonair go bhfuil mé eol do go leor ama a roinnt, mar shampla Don Harnum, Kevin Bannon, Rick Giles de an Grúpa gazelle agus daoine eile a bheith sásta í a labhairt i mo ranganna spóirt," a dúirt Sprotzer. "Tá siad dá dtagraítear dom chomh maith le daoine eile a bhí toilteanach í a labhairt. Buille faoi thuairim mé go bhfuil sé ina ábhar a fhios agam roinnt daoine agus naisc a fhorbairt le daoine eile sa réimse sin. " Gach na cainteoirí i rang Prober ar thug an mac léinn comhairle agus eolas tábhachtach tá súil againn chun cabhrú leo dul isteach ar an réimse seo. "Is téama reoccurring i measc cainteoirí go bhfuil sé deacair dul ceart i spóirt," a dúirt Prober. "Sin an fáth de chineál atá againn mionaoiseach ag an leibhéal fochéime. An mothú raibh, ní raibh muid ag iarraidh mic léinn a fháil i bhfad an iomarca de ag súil go raibh siad ag dul a fháil céime agus dul ag obair i bhfiontar spóirt. Déanann sé tarlú, ach tá sé de chineál ar é a rarity. Mar sin, cad é an cainteoirí a dhéanamh de ghnáth a thabhairt focail ar eagna ar fáil aon phost ar chor ar bith. Agam nach mbraitheann na mic léinn sin a ghlacadh i ndáiríre chroí. " Sprotzer Tá deara a mic léinn a bheith glactha ag liking do na haoichainteoirí. "Creidim go bhfoghlaimíonn mic léinn go leor ó aoichainteoirí a bhfuil taithí acu i réimse áirithe," a dúirt Sprotzer. "Is é seo fíor go háirithe i gcúrsaí cineál suirbhé, amhail Réamhrá leis an Gnó na Spóirt. Íoc do mhic léinn an chuid is mó aird, go háirithe má tá an cainteoir araon eolach agus siamsúla. " Fós, is ábhar spéisiúil ach amháin mar is féidir leis an ollamh é a dhéanamh. Leis an Chomh maith aoichainteoirí, tá Sprotzer bhí sásta leis an vótáil ar an gclár. "Mic léinn a bhfuil suim acu san ábhar a ghlacadh de ghnáth páirt ghníomhach sa phróiseas foghlama agam agus tháinig seo a bheith fíor sna ranganna spóirt mé múinte," a dúirt sé. "Tá sé freisin ar an pléisiúr a mhúineadh i gceantar a leasanna tú agus go bhfuil surely an cás liom agus spóirt." Ní Prober ag iarraidh a revolutionize gnó spóirt i mBaile an rothaí. Go deimhin, creideann sé nár chóir mic léinn a leithéid de limistéar narrowed-síos fócais. "An mothú a bhí, d'fhéadfadh muid a bhfuil gealltanas amach i bhfad ró do mhic léinn má tá siad ag dul a bheith majoring in seo," a dúirt Prober. "Cad a tharlaíonn má nach raibh siad post a fháil i spóirt? Bhuel a fhios acu go leor faoi margaíochta spóirt agus spóirt seo agus spóirt sin, ach tá tú chun post a fháil agus gairm bheatha a bheith acu. Is féidir leo ach go héasca mar a dhéanann sé dá mbeadh siad speisialtóireacht feidhme agus ansin chuaigh siad isteach é. " Ag deireadh an lae, áfach, tá sé ar fad faoi fhoghlaim. "Tá mé go raibh Ollúna freastal ar an rang agus mothaíonn siad i gcónaí go bhfuil na ráitis i gcrích faoi conas a éireoidh i gcúrsaí gnó beagnach chomh tábhachtach le cad a chuaigh ar aghaidh leis an bhfoireann," a dúirt Prober. "Sin de chineál ar cad go bhfuil muid anseo le haghaidh. Tá cuid de cad tá mé ag déanamh gcomparáid agus i gcodarsnacht conas a oibríonn gnó gnáth, cineál i gcomparáid le saincheadúnais spóirt. Beidh an chuid is mó den rang céim a bhaint amach agus ag obair le haghaidh gnó gnáth, ach is féidir iad a thabhairt ar an méid a fhoghlaimíonn siad leis agus má tá siad deireadh suas i spóirt is féidir leo úsáid a bhaint as taithí sin. "