Stories In This Month's Newsletter:

• SMWW Hires Expert Sports Consultant, Bret Polovorosa
• Let SMWW Do Your Networking & Get a Job in Sports!
• New Basketball GM & Scouting Program

SMWW April and May Training Course Start Dates:

Eight weeks that will change your life!

April 11th: Athlete Management 400

April 11th: Sports Revenue Management Course

April 18th: Baseball GM & Scouting

April 18th: New Era Athletic Director Course

April 23rd: NFL Draft Chat For Athlete Management Students

April 25th: Sports Broadcasting Course

May 2nd: Basketball GM & Scouting Course

To Sign Up For One Of Our Courses, Call Us Today! 

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SMWW Welcomes New Sports Revenue Management Facilitator!

Mentoring is such a big part of every course SMWW provides. We find sports professionals who have walked paths to success and we have them show our students how they can do the same! We're happy to announce we've found the perfect sports marketing veteran to join Tom Leip in teaching our Sports Revenue Management Course: Bret Polvorosa, founder and President of Grip Inc.

Polvorosa is a sports sales and marketing specialist who consults with professional teams, collegiate properties and organizations outside of sports. How did he get his start?

"My first sports job was selling tickets and providing customer service, part-time, for a minor league baseball team in Portland, Oregon. It wasn't full-time but it gave me the experience necessary to land a full time job within six months," said Polvorosa.

Polvorosa's story only reinforces the message sent from SMWW and current Sports Revenue Management (SRM) facilitator Tom Leip: ticket sales and customer service, though not the most glamorous positions within a front office, are probably the most effective ways for people with minimal experience and not a lot of contacts to get their foot in the door and start working their way up the professional sports ladder.

After a decade working in baseball, golf, hockey, basketball and sports marketing, Polvorosa went out on his own and founded Grip. Based in Portland, Oregon, Grip is a leading professional development organization that provides workshops and seminars for North American business development units in the sports and corporate sectors.

Polvorosa knows first hand the challenges teams face in trying to find good people and also the challenges job seekers face in trying to start their sports careers.

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Tap into the SMWW Network!

Everyone accepted into the Sports Revenue Management (SRM) program brings a certain amount of "what you know." The "what you know" might be a mix of your work experience and educational background ... no matter the level of either. By completing the SRM Course we will enhance your "what you know" and make it industry specific. Our instructors and their professional experience ensure that.

In addition, perhaps the most important part of landing a job in any desirable industry or company is the "who you know." Sports teams, Nike, adidas, PGA Tour, ESPN ... how many unsolicited resumes do you think the HR Departments within those organizations receive on a daily basis? We know a person who sees the number of resumes the NFL league office in New York receives on a daily basis. You don't want to know the number.

By going through the SRM Course and becoming a member of the SMWW family, we will tap you into our network ... our "who you know." Remember, it's a crap shoot out there for the teams we assist or call on your behalf. If they can increase their chances of hiring a person or group of people that will be able to produce at a high level six months down the road ... they want to learn more.

Our SRM graduates become desirable. Your resume will be on the top of the pile rather than in the, "We'll keep you in mind for future positions ... thanks for applying ... buh- bye" file.

Will you get job offers or will you get a job after completing the program? That's our goal for all SRM graduates but guaranteeing employment is not our business.

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To Sign Up For Our Program, Call Us Today at 877-SMWW-NOW

Basketball General Manager Course

Learning The Business Side Of Hoops Has Never Been Easier!

SMWW believes the best way to train individuals for careers in sports are through exceptional mentoring and insight by those who have been there and done it. Our new eight week online Basketball General Manager and Scouting Course does just that.

Under the guidance of instructors Dr. Lynn Lashbrook and Cleveland Cavaliers Director of Player Personnel Mark Warkentein, students will be able to take this course from anywhere in the world via computer!

Whether you're striving to become a GM, scout or director of player management, a deep understanding of team operations, methods of talent evaluation and overall insight into the business side of basketball is essential. Lashbrook and Warkentein relay to students their own successes and offer cutting edge theories on how to develop a career working in pro Hoops.

"We're really excited to have Mark help facilitate this course," said Lashbrook, SMWW president. "His experience speaks for itself. He'll be able to take students behind the scenes and show them what it takes to make it as a talent evaluator in the NBA."

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To Sign Up For The Course, Call Us Today at 877-SMWW-NOW

Athlete Management 400 Course

A Prelude To Becoming A Successful Sports Agent!

Maybe you're a collegiate athlete who has long wanted to be an agent. Or maybe you're like Tony Ciccolella, who was in the middle of a career as a recruiter and human resources specialist, when he decided his career needed a different direction and enrolled in SMWW's eight week online Athlete Management 400 Course.

"I was making a nice living in human resources, but I just wasn't jazzed about my job," says Ciccolella, now a SMWW Agent Advisor. "I've always loved sports but it had never occurred to me before that I could be a sports agent because I thought all agents were lawyers. But some friends of mine noted that because of my HR background I was used to negotiating, and because of my recruiting background, I had an eye for talent. I had the tools, but I needed a place to start."

Ciccolella enrolled in Athlete Management 400 and learned the essentials as well as insight not often found in a traditional classroom setting or text book.

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To Sign Up Today, Call The SMWW Staff at 877-SMWW-NOW

FINAL FOUR FOR FOOTBALL:

SMWW President President Lynn Lashbrook comments on the BCS as the NCAA Men's Final Four gets underway:

"As we watch the huge success of the NCAA Final Four Basketball Tournament I can't help but wonder how successful a college football playoff will be someday.  How exciting would it be for the top four college football teams to meet and go head to head for a shot at the college football crown. If you haven't done so already, sign up for our bcsbusters.com campaign and help us lead the charge for change through a grass roots campaign.  Authors Ben Johnson, Mark Hales and I are going to attack this flawed system head on and bring college football fans what they deserve, a true National Champion. Our new book titled 'The BCS: A Great American Controversy' is intented to do this that."

- Lynn Lashbrook  

To visit Ben Johnson's website and read about his new book, select this text...

To visit SMWW's website to end the BCS, titled BCSBusters.com, select this text...