So Sports Illustrated has chosen its Sportsman of the Year again has it? This time they took Derek Jeter. OK, maybe.

Actually Jeter isn’t a bad choice. He’s also not a great choice. He’s a darned good player, apparently a nice human being, and a leader. Same can be said of a lot of other people in sport. In basebell alone there’s that 1st baseman at St Louis and that catcher at Minnesota that also fit those criteria. The fact his team wins means he has a better team around him, not that he’s a greater sportsman.

There are other choices too. Tiger Woods won no majors, but still won a bunch of tournaments this season (and I’m sure the car wreck came after the decision was made at SI). Roger Federer is good. Tim Tebow fits all the criteria that also fits Jeter, and like Jeter, he wins. Hopefully his religiosity isn’t a problem for them. If so, what would they have done with either Koufax or Ali in the 1960s?

Pro football has its candidates: Brady, P. Manning, Brees, and company. Frankly, if I’d been given a vote it would have been for Peyton Manning (love the “mouthpiece” commercial–top that Jeter). He’s perhaps the greatest ambassador for his sport going.

So Jeter isn’t an inspired choice. Maybe it’s not even the right choice. But it’s not a bad choice. Enjoy the recognition, Derek.

…and is the first Yankee ever to be honored as the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year!

We all knew it was coming.  With the information leaked out on Saturday, Yankee fans had to wait for Monday for the confirmation, but it is official now with the magazine announcing that Jeets is the Man o’ the Year.

“It’s unbelievable. It was completely unexpected. It came out of the blue,” Jeter told the AP during a break in the photo shoot. “When I heard it, what can you say? It’s one of the greatest honors you can achieve in sports.”

Jeter had one of the best years of his career in 2009, leading the Yankees to their 27th World Series Championship and earned his fifth World Series ring.  Here are some other of the Captain’s accomplishments in 2009:

• Hit .334, with 18 HR’s, 66 RBI and 30 steals.  He finished third in the AL MVP voting and earned the AL’s Silver Slugger Award for hitting as a shortstop.
• Had a career-low 8 errors at shortstop and was the best statistical shortstop in MLB.  He was honored with the AL’s Gold Glove @ shortstop by his fellow players and managers.
• Became the All-time Yankee leader in hits, by passing the Iron Horse, Lou Gehrig, in September.
• Led all American League Players in All-Star Votes for the 2009 game in St. Louis.
• Scored his 1,500 run, passed Mickey Mantle for all-time at bats as a Yankee (with over 8,103), and passed Bernie Williams and Babe Ruth with over 2,085 games played as a Yankee.
• Earned $100,000 for his charity the Turn 2 Foundation, by out-hitting the Mets’ David Wright in a hitting challenge.  Delta Airlines made a $100,000 donation to Jeter’s charity and $50,000 to the charity of Wright’s choice.
• Was honored as the Roberto Clemente Award for excellence on and off the field
• Won the Hank Aaron Award as the American League’s top hitter

Last year’s winner was Michael Phelps, who had a record performance at the Beijing Olympics.  The last winner from baseball was the 2004 Boston Red Sox, who were honored as a group for breaking the 86 year streak of no championships in Boston.

Congrats to Jeets!  He is truly the most deserving sportsman in 2009!

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He finished third in this season’s Most Valuable Player of the year award voting and he also passed Ted Williams for 68^th place on the All-time hit list, not to mention trading in the pinstripes for the stars and stripes early this spring in an exhibition game at Steinbrenner Field. Now Derek Jeter can add Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year to his list of major league accolades. Jeter joins a fraternity that includes Hit King Pete Rose as well as 1998 winners Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, just to name a few. As early as last Wednesday evening the winner of this prestigious award was a toss up. Well at least it seemed that way up until Tiger Woods decided to smash his Escalade into a fire hydrant.

Today on America’s Newsroom, Danica Patrick, IndyCar’s first female winner and Sports Illustrated model, showed why she is GoDaddy.com’s prized possession. When AN co-anchor Bill Hemmer hammered her with questions about whether she would join the IndyCar circuit full-time, there was no beating around the bush with her. Although a tad exasperated, she patiently answered his queries and then got the interview back on track.

When Hemmer finally mentioned her historical Indy Japan 300 victory (first female Indycar winner), he asked, “What is it like to compete in a man’s sport?” Picking up her man-eating persona, Danica declared, “I don’t know any different: You know, it’s how I grew up. I grew up with a bunch of boys in Go-Karting, and now I’m with a bunch of men in Indycars.” She added, “I enjoy it, actually. Men think simple. You guys are easy and obvious….Whatever is on you mind is what you’re thinking. Whatever is obvious.”

Subsequently, Hemmer queried Danica about her GoDaddy-sponsored IZOD IndyCar Series. Seamlessly seguing into her role as GoDaddy.com spokesmodel, she purred,”You got to start from the front because I have…a chrome horn or chrome nose. I’m hoping it’s filled with, like, something really solid and. Then she racily added, “Never mind! I won’t go there. But, yeah, we’re all GoDaddy now.”

Ms. Patrick? Steely Danica. And her car, Chromy Dan-ica? Perhaps. She can certainly crush the men on the field and off.

Has Danica being reading Burroughs lately?

Yeah, yeah, I can hear you all bitching and moaning. Derek Jeter is SI Sportsman of the Year? This year?

What’s that you say? Derek Jeter is a media darling? Who’s worse? Jeter, Favre or Tebow? (This was an actual debate on Twitter yesterday, and honestly Jeter has got nothing on Favre or Tebow).

Jeter is Sportsman of the Year

Did you just say that Jeter is overrated? That the Yankees have the highest payroll in the league? He can’t go to his right?

Well, I don’t care. Honestly. I’ve spent years defending being a Yankee fan and a Jeter supporter. And you know what? You should all just shut up. The man is good. He’s a leader. He’s a solid citizen. He comes through in the clutch. And why shouldn’t he be recognized for his accomplishments? Despite being a Yankee.

And why not this year?

My friend Stefanie, an unabashed Jeter fangirl, saved me the time and effort of putting together Derek Jeter’s resume.

• Minor League Player of the Year
• Rookie of the Year
• All-Star Game MVP
• World Series MVP
• 4 time Gold Glove winner
• Hank Aaron Award winner
• Roberto Clemente Man of the Year Award winner
• 4 time Silver Slugger Award winner
• New York Yankees Captain
• FIVE time World Series Champion

And if that isn’t impressive enough, I’ll add a few more for good measure:

• Yankees franchise leader in hits (surpassing Lou Gehrig this season)
• 10 time All-Star
• 6 time All-Star starter

This year, he adds Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year to the resume. And deservedly so. Haters be damned.

Oh, if you want to read SI’s article announcing Jeter’s selection, it’s here. The reasons look pretty legitimate to me.

Puns, quips and witticisms are part of the copy editor’s stock in trade. Witness the Nov. 30 issue of Sports Illustrated and its letters to the editor page.

One letter published concerned a story in Nov. 9 issue about the University of Iowa’s football team. The letter noted that the Hawkeyes weren’t “winning every game by 40. But the way they have won is more enjoyable for the fans. Each game has been like a James Bond film with a last-second flash of brilliance that saved the day.”

The headline for the letter, composed by an anonymous copy editor? From Iowa with Love. Given that Iowa was also the alma mater of veteran 007 screenwriter Richard Maibaum (who afterall introduced the notion of Bond making quips), that’s probably appropriate.

And deservedly so. Now give the man a round of applause, He’s that good and he’s that special.

Tar Heels aren’t the only ones saying good things about Larry Drew II. Here’s what Seth Davis said today on SI.com:

Larry Drew, 6-1 point guard, North Carolina

Fr: 9.6 mpg, 1.4 ppg, 1.9 apg, 23.1 3-pt FG%
Soph: 24.2 mpg, 7.0 ppg, 6.2 apg, 42.9 3-pt FG%

Skinny: This is a classic case of preparation meeting opportunity. With Ty Lawson running the point last year, no backup, especially a freshman, was going to get a lot of minutes. Even when Drew was in the games, he looked shaky, but it was hard to tell whether that was because he couldn’t get into a rhythm or he wasn’t that good. Now it looks like it was the former. Drew has proved he can run North Carolina’s offense with efficiency and effectiveness, which is not easy to do with so many newcomers running alongside him. His assist-to-turnover ratio is nearly 2-to-1, and his improved field goal percentage reflects his confidence knowing the starting job is his.

And this was written before his 10 assist, 1 turnover and clutch 3s performance last night. Yeah, he’s going to be good.

There are always two sides of an event, no matter how ugly the situation is. The top sports story in the past week was not hyping the World Baseball Classic. It was not the NBA All-Star festivities. It was the fall of Alex Rodriguez, as he admitted to the world he cheated on America’s pastime as a Texas Ranger. Yet, how far did he fall? How much of his reputation has been damaged? Plus, how does this affect the sport and the administrators of the game?

It all started with a leaked report last Sunday. Sports Illustrated reporter Selena Roberts found information on 104 players that took steroids. Rodriguez was on that list and was the only name released to the press. According to her source, Rodriguez took testosterone and primobolan. Primobolan improves strength and maintains lean muscle with minimal bulk development and has few side effects. Rodriguez was looking bad in every possible way. Yet, he decided to tell his story as soon as possible.

Rodriguez was interviewed by ESPN senior reporter Peter Gammons. Some criticized the interview for being a glorified A-Rod show, but this was not the case. Gammons calmly interviewed Rodriguez while coming at him hardball style. Rodriguez answered every question truthfully about his use. He also appeared to hold his emotions in check. Rodriguez told Gammons and the world that he took steroids during his time as a Ranger. He said he did not take steroids as a Yankee or prior to Texas (including Seattle). Rodriguez apologized as he called himself “stupid, naïve.” ESPN and Gammons even showed the interview from 60 Minutes with Katie Couric, where he told her that he did not take steroids. Rodriguez told Gammons, “How can I be honest with her if I wasn’t honest with myself?” The interview seemed to be an immediate victory for Rodriguez.

The day after the interview was when all hell broke loose. Rodriguez criticized Selena Roberts and attacked her, saying that he had proof that she followed him everywhere including the University of Miami and his penthouse. Roberts released a statement saying that these allegations are false. The Miami police also said that they had no record of any incidents involving Roberts and Rodriguez. Rodriguez’s apology was not going to be trusted, but a little luck might ease the pain.

Roberts has a book on Rodriguez that will reveal more information on him and him alone. The book was supposed to be released in stores May 19^th. Yet, HarperCollins (the publisher of the book) bumped up the release date to April 19^th. A representative claimed that the information had to be released as soon as possible. Yet, this does not make Roberts well. The last time a book came out with steroid information cost two reporters to be incarcerated (see Game of Shadows). It also might not make Roberts a credible source for the truth. The scrutiny may not be that bad, but maybe that’s the reason why the other names have not been shown.

Rodriguez has endured the press well after the interview. He has not talked about steroid use, only in his quest for redemption. He seems to be doing well. Rodriguez still wants to do good for the future of this sport. His college alum, the University of Miami, still named their baseball field after him. Rodriguez gave a nice speech about owning up to mistakes, as he knows that he must rebuild his trust with the fans and the world of baseball. He also apologized to Roberts for the accusations against her during the ESPN interview. This is a good start to repairing his image.

In yesterday’s New York Times: Week in Review section, Bill Marsh’s article The Voice Was Lying. The Face May Have Told the Truth revealed a psychologist’s study on Rodriguez’s interview on 60 Minutes. Dr. Paul Ekman has specialized in the meanings of facial expressions and body movements, whether a person has lied or not. He found at least three movements. The first one is the gestural slip, where it is a slight raise of a shoulder that slips out of a full gesture. The second one is called “unilateral” contempt, which is the raising and tightening of the corner of the lip that can indicate arrogance or superiority. The third one is called “microfear,” which is a horizontal stretching of the lips that is used to conceal fearfulness. This brings up an intriguing question: Who knew that Rodriguez lied when the interview just came out?

Now, what have we learned? It turns out that you can’t trust anyone without proof. It also turns out that the people that release certain information aren’t necessarily heroes. It’s also interesting how one act from the past can turn you into public enemy number one. Who can you side with? Do you side with Rodriguez and try to forgive him? Do you side with Roberts and want even more information about his troubles? In my experiences when dealing with lies and deceit, I have learned the best side is to look at it from a “grey” perspective.

It appears that this is only the beginning of this saga. It’s only a matter of time before someone gets burned for this. Rodriguez and Roberts will probably fight over the course of this season. If we pick a side, then we must accept the bad with the good. If you side with Rodriguez, then you must defend him for his lies as well as the truth. If you side with Roberts, then you must defend her for her book and her reasons to attack Rodriguez. If you cannot do any of these things, then look at it from all sides. Nobody is perfect, so pick at your own risk.

Well, that’s it for today. If you disagree, don’t be shy. E-mail me back right here, and I’ll respond. Until then, stay cool you KNUCKLEHEADS!!!

Yours truly,

Sebastian Maldonado

Copyright © 2007 by Sebastian Maldonado

With less than seven months until the World Cup is set to take place in South Africa, organizers are starting to feel the pressure of hosting a major sporting event.

Sports Illustrated reports that all10 World Cup stadiums are expected to be completed in time for June, ‘but there remain transportation problems and accommodation shortfalls, with 2010 World Cup organizing boss Danny Jordaan admitting those issues won’t be settled until after the draw is made and teams and fans know where they will be going.’

Still, South Africa will be largely benefiting from the soccer tournament.  Sindh Today writes that according to the Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Rejoice Mabudafhasi,  the World Cup is expected to inject $7.46 billion into the South African economy and an estimated 415,000 new jobs.

Meanwhile, Financial Times columnist Simon Kuper disagrees, stating, “Unfortunately, the economic story is wrong. Barely any academic economist believes that countries get richer from hosting sports tournaments. South Africa has been told this: when its finance ministry flew in three eminent foreign sports economists for a workshop, they argued that, at best, the World Cup would not reduce South Africa’s economic growth. The country expects 500,000 foreign visitors for the tournament, or fewer than it receives in an average month. Much of the money to be made from them will not be made by South Africans.”

But, Gillian Saunders, head of specialist advisory services at Grant Thornton has a different take on the games. In IOL he said, “We will be on TV screens for weeks, and this is incomparable free media exposure – it would cost billions if we had to do it as advertising.”

Jordaan said he is working to improve South Africa’s global image and “convince skeptical fans from around the world that his crime-ridden country is safe.”

Official government statistics of 50 murders a day don’t help his case. Nonetheless, the government has poured more than $93 million into the South African police department and equipment according to SI.com

According to Gawker, Yankees captain Derek Jeter will be named Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year on Monday, and will likely grace the cover of the next issue of SI.

I hate to say it, but Jeter didn’t really deserve the award. I mean, if this was a Yankees Sportsman of the Year, defenitely, but there were many guys playing other sports that might have deserved it, like Usian Bolt, Peyton Manning, Kobe Bryant, or someone else.

Wikipedia states that the award goes to “the athlete or team whose performance that year most embodies the spirit of sportsmanship and achievement.” 

I guess Jeter did that, but I think SI was just too lazy to look at other sports and say, “well the Yankees won the World Series so we should pick Derek Jeter”, but that’s just my opinion. Congrats to the Captain though, he’s always been a good sportsman.

When they hired him, I had my suspicions.

Sure, Ron Zook hadn’t been Steve Spurrier. But the hiring of Urban Meyer to replace Zook by the University of Florida in 2005 struck me as another episode of college football’s version of “Catch a Rising Star.”

Now, as an alumnus, I’m hearing (and seeing) some disturbing sounds (and sights) that might put me in line for a reprisal of the Yoda role.

To wit:

http://www.cbssports.com/columns/story/12585042/meyer-going-to-nfl-believe-it-numbskulls

Every Heisman contender has a Heisman moment – that game where, when it’s over, you say to yourself “wow, he really deserves the Heisman trophy.” After watching Colt McCoy rip Texas A&M to shreds tonight, I sort of had that feeling. Sort of.

After all, it’s easy to make a case for McCoy. He is 12-0, and likely headed for the national championship. He now has 27 touchdown passes and nine interceptions to go along with nearly 3,500 yards. However, the nine interceptions is more than he had in 13 games last season. And in order to match his touchdown and yardage total from a year ago, he needs seven TD passes and about 400 yards in the next two games. Even if he does that, he will have needed 14 games to do what he did in 13 in 2008. To go along with those monster 2008 numbers, he had 591 rushing yards. This year he has just 368, and only because he rushed for 175 tonight. He also has nine fewer rushing touchdowns.

Here’s the question: should we compare a Heisman candidate’s numbers to those of a season ago? My answer is no. But the voters will. And McCoy’s superior 2008 season wasn’t good enough to win the Heisman. Why should this year be different?

So what about Mark Ingram? The Alabama sophomore is 11-0, likely 12-0 after the Iron Bowl, and is averaging 6.8 yards per carry and 127 yards per game. He seems to be getting most of the talk right now, but why? Is it because the Tide are #2 in the nation? Because he plays for a school with a rich tradition? Because he was on the cover of Sports Illustrated?  He only has 12 touchdowns.  We might as well throw UTEP’s Donald Buckrem in the mix as well.  He has more yards, yards per game and touchdowns than Ingram.  And he certainly doesn’t have the offensive line Ingram has.

So do you give it to Ingram, with worse numbers than a handful of running backs from non-BCS schools, because those running backs don’t have to run against SEC opponents?

Here’s another running back you may not know about – Toby Gerhart.  He plays for Stanford.  Stanford is in the Pac 10, and believe it or not, it’s the best conference in the country.  Don’t believe me?  Read this.

Gerhart plays for a school who’s playing nine teams from the best conference in football, plus bowl eligible Notre Dame.  All in all, Stanford has a schedule ranking (13)  that’s 28 places higher than Alabama (41) and 43 places higher than Texas (56).  Gerhart has rushed for 1,531 yards, second only to Buckrem, and has 23 rushing touchdowns, second to no one.  But his team is 7-4.  So I ask, should we give the Heisman to a guy with better numbers but a worse record?  Tim Tebow won the award the year he went 9-4, but finished third the year he won a national championship at 13-1.

It’s taken me a while to get to this option, but I now present you with the only one that makes sense: Case Keenum.  Say what you want about his strength of schedule or the Houston play calling.  I’m about to shut you up.

Keenum is 9-2, and almost surely to be 11-2 following a Conference USA championship in a few weeks.  He is more than 1,000 yards ahead of the next highest passer in the country.  That’s unreal.  Forget the schedule.  He’s a machine.  1,000 yards?  Are you kidding?  He doesn’t have a Jordan Shipley on his team.  There’s no Mark Ingram or Toby Gerhart to balance the offense.  This is a one man show.  Defenses know exactly what’s coming and still can’t stop it.  That’s impressive.  His 36 touchdowns leads the nation going away.  He’s the only player in the country throwing for more than 400 yards per game.  And for those of you saying that his pass attempts are inflated, try wrapping this number around your head: six interceptions.  Six.  in 553 pass attempts.  McCoy has three more in 161 fewer attempts.  And McCoy has a line that doesn’t let anyone touch him.

Keenum, unlike McCoy, will best his 2008 numbers, blow away all 2009 QBs in every statistical category, and, sadly, probably won’t even be invited to New York.  But he should be.  And he should win it.  This is a very interesting race, and the other contenders have too many question marks surrounding their legitimacy.  For once, give it to the little guy, on the little team.

My Heisman ballot:

1)  Case Keenum
2)  Colt McCoy
3)  Toby Gerhart

A poll of NFL players conducted by Sports Illustrated asked which NFL team they’d least like to play for; incredibly, despite the fact that the Lions have lost 33 of their last 42 games they weren’t the least popular team.

From the 296 players asked, more players would rather ply their trade for the Lions than for Green Bay, an actual winning franchise. In no big surprise, the largest percentage (20%) responded that they would least like playing for the Oakland Raiders, followed by Buffalo at 14%, Green Bay at 13%, Detroit with 12% and Cleveland, as ever, bringing up the rear with 7%.

I can see not wanting to play for the shitacular franchises, that’s clear to me, but not wanting to play in Green Bay? Is Wisconsin THAT bad… hmm. Now that I think about it… Even still, since when is DETROIT better than Green Bay in anything?

[Detroit Free-Press]

Sports Illustrated knows that when Bama is on the cover, magazines sell.  Jinx or no jinx, it’s still cool in my book!  RTR!

Refinery29 just posted a ton of photos from the 2010 Pirelli calendar. The Pirelli calendar is filled with photos by Terry Richardson of some of the most naked hottest models today. How he manages to get models like Lily Cole and Daisy Lowe to bare all for a calendar is a mystery to me, but then again he is Terry Richardson…

You might be asking yourself what the difference is between say Playboy or Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition and the Pirelli calendar. Well, apparently the Pirelli calendar is only available to the likes of P.Diddy, Kanye or Pirelli customers. Oh, and the other difference, NONE OF THE MODELS ARE AIRBRUSHED!!

source: Refinery29

Check out Patrick Patterson on the cover of Sports Illustrated

The first Kentucky Cover since Hawkins in 2003.

The Big Blue is BACK!

http://twitpic.com/q4un0

Formación MBA para deportistas

La historia es conocida, deportistas que después de haber ganado millones de dólares durante su momento cúspide perdieron su fortuna, ya sea por un mal negocio o malgastarlo de forma indiscriminada.

Según un informe de la revista estadounidense Sports Illustrated, 60% de los jugadores de la Asociación Nacional de Baloncesto de ese país (NBA), en su mayoría “bien pagados”, se quedan sin dinero a los cinco años de finalizar su carrera deportiva.

Un claro ejemplo fue lo que sucedió con el basquetbolista Scottie Pippen, seis veces campeón de la NBA, dos veces campeón Olímpico, integrante del mítico “Dream Team” del 92 y considerado uno de los 50 mejores jugadores de la historia. Ganó cerca de 120 millones de dólares, sin embargo los problemas económicos lo han atormentado.

El cine también ha sido espejo de esta situación. Este es el caso de la película “Rocky” donde su protagonista, un boxeador ítaloamericano (Rocky Balboa), encarnado por el actor Sylvester Stallone, logra ser campeón del mundo de los “pesos pesados”, acumulando una fortuna que perdería debido a los malos negocios.

Pero también hay casos opuestos: deportistas que gracias a sus acertadas decisiones en los negocios y asesorados por personas que se manejan en el mundo empresarial han sabido incrementar sus fortunas.

Shaquille O’Neal, conocido basquetbolista de la NBA, supo mezclar su talento con el reconocimiento mediático para amasar su fortuna en estratégicos negocios. En la actualidad se desarrolla como administrador de negocios en la Universidad de Phoenix.

En México también existen ejemplos: recientemente fue conocido el caso del volante de Monterrey, Luís Ernesto Pérez, quien ha iniciado un proyecto enfocado a los niños. Se trata del “Centro de Cuidado y Crecimiento“, una guardería con servicios de apoyo educativo y con la innovación que abre sus puertas las 24 horas del día.

Dentro de este contexto, la formación de posgrados se establece entonces como una buena salida laboral para deportistas de todas las ramas.

Entre el deporte y los negocios

Los deportistas de élite disfrutan de un éxito social y económico que han de saber gestionar adecuadamente en la finalización de su carrera deportiva. Quizás asistir a una escuela de negocios pueda ser el mejor impulso a su carrera.

Un deportista podría considerarse como un candidato perfecto para estudiar un MBA. Una de las principales ventajas es que las personas que han dedicado su vida al deporte tienen arraigadas algunas características como el liderazgo y el trabajo en equipos, aspectos esenciales para salir con éxito en el mundo de los negocios.

Cuando se combinan un gran nivel de la disciplina, trabajo y  una educación MBA se pueden alcanzar “excepcionales empleados y líderes de negocios”, asegura Jennifer Mae Shores, directora de admisiones en el MBA de UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Tan cierto es, que muchas universidades han comenzado a utilizar la estrategia deportiva como una materia más dentro de sus contenidos.

Sin embargo, muy pocos deportistas cursan estos programas, sin saber que para muchos, la educación empresarial podría marcar la diferencia entre mantenerse como millonario o ir a la bancarrota.

Los primeros casos

Conscientes de este potencial, la liga de fútbol americano de Estado Unidos (NFL) está reforzando la educación de sus jugadores, enviándoles a diversos programas de educación superior.

La Universidad Camilo José Cela de España, en colaboración con el Comité Olímpico de ese país (COE), también ha puesto en marcha diferentes acciones formativas orientadas a los deportistas, para que no pierdan la oportunidad de formarse y ampliar sus posibilidades de desarrollo personal.

El proyecto intenta ofrecer la posibilidad de realizar una carrera universitaria “a la medida”, que se adapte a sus horarios de entrenamiento, competiciones y viajes.

De forma autónoma, el COE desarrolla cursos de posgrado, donde dará facilidades para acoger a alumnos becarios en prácticas y cederá instalaciones para albergar conferencias y seminarios de este tipo, que incentiven a otros deportistas.

Por su parte, la Business Engineering School (BES) La Salle ofrece, desde el año 2004, el programa “Executive MBA in Sport Management”, que ofrece formación empresarial en la gestión de las distintas entidades relacionadas con esta materia, especial para ex deportistas.

En la misma línea, la escuela de negocios de Europa “EAE Business School”, reconoce en su sitio web la necesidad de una gestión económica en el deporte. “Nos hemos dado cuenta de que existe una deficiencia de profesionalidad en los clubes privados y en la gestión”, dice Óscar Coduras, director del “MBA & Sports Management de EAE”.

Artículo original: Formación MBA para deportistas

Fuente: www.altonivel.com.mx

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