My dream job: football manager, but being realistic it’s probably out of reach.
Alternative dream job: Chelsea FC technical director or any board position at the club.
Reality check: What should I study?
Like every Sunday, I woke up and headed towards the garden to have breakfast with Aldo, my brother, and Ignacio, my step dad. We joked around, talked about our weekend, and then as usual the conversation ended up being about football. As expected talking about football took the conversation to the usual topic “Is playing college football a must when choosing where to study?” As the conversation started flowing I realized that being able to play football would play a crucial role when choosing which school to study at and here is where my dilemma arose.
I started thinking about what I wanted to study, and that is when I realized what my dream career would be, “sports management”. It sounds perfect: doing what I love, studying something I am truly passionate about while working in the environment that I have grown up idolizing. Nevertheless, it is far from being as simple as it sounds. As much as I would love to live and work in the football world, I don’t know if I could be prepared to make such a big sacrifice at such a young age.
Being realistic if I want to be involved in sports management I can't live in Peru. Sports in Peru are almost a joke and there is no way I would study and give all my effort to work in the circus that is the national football league. My dream is to work at Chelsea FC or really at any major football team in the world, however, am I prepared to leave my home country and live abroad for most of my life? I don’t think so and that is where reality overcomes my dreams. At such a young age I think I am not prepared to make that decision and that is the reason that my dreams will have to be put on hold… At least for a while until I become more mature and make a much wiser decision. For this reason I will go for an undergraduate degree in business or entrepreneurship to get the wide knowledge of business and management and later on if I feel I am ready to take my dream out of the safe box and finally strive for it I will complete my graduate degree in sports management.
By no means do I feel that studying business is a kind of punishment or a step-down to my dreams. I see it as an alternate way of achieving my dream. Maybe I won't end up working at a major football club, but instead I could be the one who revolutionizes Peruvian football and that would be equal or even greater joy than working at a major team.
Alternative dream job: Chelsea FC technical director or any board position at the club.
Reality check: What should I study?
Like every Sunday, I woke up and headed towards the garden to have breakfast with Aldo, my brother, and Ignacio, my step dad. We joked around, talked about our weekend, and then as usual the conversation ended up being about football. As expected talking about football took the conversation to the usual topic “Is playing college football a must when choosing where to study?” As the conversation started flowing I realized that being able to play football would play a crucial role when choosing which school to study at and here is where my dilemma arose.
I started thinking about what I wanted to study, and that is when I realized what my dream career would be, “sports management”. It sounds perfect: doing what I love, studying something I am truly passionate about while working in the environment that I have grown up idolizing. Nevertheless, it is far from being as simple as it sounds. As much as I would love to live and work in the football world, I don’t know if I could be prepared to make such a big sacrifice at such a young age.
Being realistic if I want to be involved in sports management I can't live in Peru. Sports in Peru are almost a joke and there is no way I would study and give all my effort to work in the circus that is the national football league. My dream is to work at Chelsea FC or really at any major football team in the world, however, am I prepared to leave my home country and live abroad for most of my life? I don’t think so and that is where reality overcomes my dreams. At such a young age I think I am not prepared to make that decision and that is the reason that my dreams will have to be put on hold… At least for a while until I become more mature and make a much wiser decision. For this reason I will go for an undergraduate degree in business or entrepreneurship to get the wide knowledge of business and management and later on if I feel I am ready to take my dream out of the safe box and finally strive for it I will complete my graduate degree in sports management.
By no means do I feel that studying business is a kind of punishment or a step-down to my dreams. I see it as an alternate way of achieving my dream. Maybe I won't end up working at a major football club, but instead I could be the one who revolutionizes Peruvian football and that would be equal or even greater joy than working at a major team.