Technology has continued to improve the way various profitable industries function, the sports industry I believe is one that has utilized these technologies in unthinkable ways. While I was being recruited for college there was no website to upload information to other than crating a profile page for yourself. After coaching club soccer and working for Georgia Soccer Association I have become an avid user of a site called soccerincollege. This site is used by potential student athletes, soccer clubs, college coaches, and tournament directors. The site allows you to view players and teams located in every state, their profiles including high school information and GPA's, and positions. Tournament directors are able to post their registration info and websites for easy access. Each team that registers automatically uploads their players, jersey numbers, and coach information. They also have a facebook page which allows users to post comments through the message board.
Currently I work as a compliance administrator at Colgate University, so I work with NCAA software pretty much all day everyday. The NCAA no longer accepts infraction claims in the mail, they are all submitted online. Weather is student athlete reinstatement, secondary violations, or requests for various wavers, they all must go through the system. The nice thing about the site is the daily updates on the status, which allows you to follow where each case is. There is also a very in depth system that allows you to find various legislation that may pertain to your case. Another great feature are the previous cases and outcomes that are stored. For example if I have an infraction that needs to be reported and I question the degree of punishment that should be applied I can search similar cases and see other school handled similar situations. In addition to all of the great information found on the compliance side of the NCAA site there are newsletters and articles available to keep administrators up to date on virtually any kind of changes that may effect colleges and their recruiting or even highlighting students for community service projects.
There are also various ticketing services that I am sure have made many peoples lives easier as they track tickets for various events. I was able to experience tracking thousands of tickets using a massive excel document to going to a wonderful system called Spotlight. I used the system to track tickets, post prices and events, send tickets to clients, and so much more. The system shaved hours off of my daily ticket managing and eventually I was giving sessions on how to use the system to our sales teams. It was so much easier to manage and transport tickets to clients all over the country using the system because clients were able to print tickets opposed to having UPS tickets and depending of a third party to make deliveries. There are thousands of different software programs that have not only strengthened the quality of work that is done in the industry but has also creating numerous jobs for people that may not have a specific interest in sports but can still have a hand in the industry.
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