The first seminar is being presented by one of the top agents in the sports field, Bobby Barad, who will talk about his 20 years of experience being a sports agent. Well before the time of Jerry Maguire, the sports agent field was one of the most popular avenues of the sports business world. Bobby will be speaking about sports industry trends and developments as well as sharing some stories about representing some of the top players in all of sports including former AL rookie of the year Evan Longoria and World Champion second basement Robinson Cano. He will also stick around after for questions from the audience.

The next seminar is less area specific and will be more focused on the dramatically changing face of sports business as a whole. The landscape is shifting drastically with advanced technology and streaming media applications taking a much more active role in everyday business. Diamond Sports has embraced this change and will be showing live demonstrations of their own virtual studio and how it can be adapted to different businesses. This can also be a valuable tool for aspiring students as well as coaches and athletic directors.

For more information and how to register for these events please the upcoming events page of the Diamond Sports website. For more information on the potential benefits of programs and some tips on how to extract the most from them please see my earlier blog post entitled “The value of seminars for students“.

I look forward to seeing you there!