Dillon Hampton
Ms. Rad
English 4
31 October 2017
Sports Caster
Sports Casters are reporters who interview people and cover athletic event. Who need masters degree in communication. Sports Casters get paid by how popular the sports network you work for is. You can get paid as little as 20,000 and go up to 750,000 plus. You can even get as far as 5 million dollars a year for the year. In order to get this job you have to start doing internships for the network you want to work for and then go from there. “Students in the department learn and achieve”.
Brief description for a SportsCaster
Sports Caster falls under the broader career category of radio and television announcers. Sports Casters are play by play announcers that gives a running commentary …show more content…
Depending on the network and station you work for will really determine your pay. If you are just starting out your pay will be around 18,000 to 20,000 a year. Once you start getting more experience in the field of sports broadcasting then you will see your pay start to raise . Even though you have some experience your pay will go up to around 41,000 and 75,000 a year. Now here's the good part. If you continue and work yourself in this field , you may eventually have the potential to work for one of the top highest paid network. The top highest paid network pays between 750,00 and 5,000,000. That's just enough for anyone to do anything. In order to start making that kind of money you have to be on the grind day by day. “If you work hard you will get the big …show more content…
As you can see it takes a lot of hard work and dedication to be a sports broadcaster , you can’t just wake up and say “oh i wanna be a Sports broadcaster today” , no that’s not how it goes. It takes years of practice and focus and lots of determination. ‘Never mind being fearless and sticking your neck out there’’. Sports broadcasting its all about reps , reps , reps. Its all bout reps because the more you practice you get at it , then you will be more confident when it really matters. If you start learning what works and what doesn’t work in high school , so that way in college you will know what to do and not do. Then you will be better prepared to make your mark. But make sure you don’t focus just on one sport when you do sports broadcasting. You will have to do other sports like baseball , lacrosse , football, soccer , and volleyball , and etc. Always record and listen back to your broadcast , so that way you can see what you messed up on and what you need to improve on for the next broadcast. Make sure you select the right school to improve in this field. Because you do not want to go to a school that knows nothing about sports broadcasting. That’s what it takes to become a sports