Employment of professional athletes, coaches, sports officials, and related workers is expected to increase nearly 28 percent over the 1998-2008 decade, faster than the average for all occupations. With the current interest in sports showing no signs of slowing, the number of professional sports teams, leagues, and athletes will continue to increase (Henry Kasper).Employment of fitness trainers and instructors is projected to grow 8 percent from 2014 to 2024, about as fast as the average for all occupations (Bureau of Labor Statistics). As a person hoping to go into this career this is very good news. The competition is increasing and young athletes are around us everywhere. These kids have to hopes and dreams to make it to the big leagues. They make it there, and they may not. No matter how far they go they will want to get involved in the game they love. Earnings for these careers vary greatly like every other aspect of this job circle. Some people are drawn to sports by dreams of astronomical salaries. But the reality is that financial rewards in sports are hard to predict. Earnings of athletes, coaches, sports officials, and related workers range from a small, per-game fee to millions of dollars a season. However, the median annual earnings of these workers were $22,200 in 1998, with the middle 50 percent earning between $13,900 and $38,800. The lowest paid 10 percent earned less than $11,900; the …show more content…
By researching about this career and career’s like it, students learn about their future job field and be knowledgeable about the real world. Sport’s instructor is an interesting job field because of the opportunity, diversity, and having to have several different strengths to work with a wide variety of people. Above all this career is interesting because you are able to impact somebody else in the same way someone impacted yourself. Every young athlete has worked someone that brought a sense of belonging and love to the game. The young athlete cherished this so much that they wanted to bring that same feeling to younger athletes. Everyone that plays a sport knows what it feels like to love the game. A sports instructor is able to impact other’s lives in a way no other occupation can, and that is the rewarding about this job. At this moment it is difficult to anticipate the consequences of the deregulation for the sport. However, it can be predicted that it would be the most meaningful for the youngest sportsmen. This is the group that lacks knowledge the most, is the most inexperienced and cannot defend against unqualified teacher (Augustyn, K.,