My last week at Calvert was a busy one! With their current league breaking apart (MAL) they are on a search to join another league. This week I spent most of it cleaning up the inside and outside facilities; getting them prepared for meetings. Making the facilities look nice and clean is important as you want to impress the other schools. With Calvert being such a known school in the area I feel that they will have a choice on which league they'd like to join. Mr. Brickner discussed with me that he'd prefer to join a league where there athletes would succeed. Nowadays that's probably not what most Athletic Administrators would say as it's turning more into a business each and every year. It's all about making money in most cases. At the high school level the big money making sport is football. Joining a conference where there are football powerhouses would benefit the school as it would bring in attendance to their home games from the away teams traveling to watch their school. The biggest problem is the travel time between schools which is crucial into joining conferences. Joining a conference where you have to travel hours to get to the other schools would not be smart as parents would most likely not drive hours to watch their children play, especially in the economy that will live in now.
Overall this was a great experience at Calvert and I am very grateful that I had this opportunity. There are very few interns who get to experience everything that I did as Calvert is a small school which allowed me to see all the in and outs of the business as I shadowed Mr. Brickner. I was also lucky to experience the changing of conferences as some Athletic Administrators don't even get to see what I've seen in their career. I would like to thank Calvert and Mr. Brickner for allowing me to grow professionally and personally in their organization.
Overall this was a great experience at Calvert and I am very grateful that I had this opportunity. There are very few interns who get to experience everything that I did as Calvert is a small school which allowed me to see all the in and outs of the business as I shadowed Mr. Brickner. I was also lucky to experience the changing of conferences as some Athletic Administrators don't even get to see what I've seen in their career. I would like to thank Calvert and Mr. Brickner for allowing me to grow professionally and personally in their organization.
