Sports Management Jobs and MBA Programs in Kansas

In general, agents represent and promote artists, performers, and athletes to prospective employers and handle contract negotiation and other business matters for clients.

Kansas photo by Edwin Olson

In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $39 hourly or $81,000 per year on average.

Nicknamed the Sunflower State, Kansas has a population of 2,818,747, which has grown by 4.8 percent in the last 10 years. The state capital is Topeka. There were a total of 1,875,134 jobs in 2008 and people in Kansas earned more than the previous year as the average annual income was $38,886, up from $37,414. The unemployment rate in Kansas was 6.7 percent in 2009, which has grown by 2.3 percentage points since the previous year. Roughly 25.8 percent of Kansas residents have college degrees, which is lower than the national average.

The top employing fields in Kansas include supplies merchant wholesalers, mineral wool manufacturing, medical laboratories and manifold business forms printing.

One of the many things Kansas is known for, The three largest herds of buffalo in Kansas are located on public lands at the Maxwell Game Preserve, Big Basin, and Buffalo Game Preserve. Kansas has many unique characteristics, but one fun fact in particular is Fort Riley, between Junction City and Manhattan, was the cradle of the United States Cavalry for 83 years. George Custer formed the famed 7th Cavalry there in 1866. Ten years later, at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the 7th was virtually wiped out. The only Cavalry survivor was a horse named Comanche.

Sports Management

Agents represent and promote artists, performers, and athletes to prospective employers and handle contract negotiation and other business matters for clients.

They regularly collect fees or other payments, in line with contract terms. They also arrange meetings concerning issues involving their clients.

They are required to respond to the actions of other and coordinate activities with them and speak clearly and communicate with others.

Agents should be able to listen to and understand others in meetings and read and understand documents and reports.

In order to be successful in the workplace, agents must be able to deal with stress and deal with situations calmly and be persistant in the face of problems and impediments.