How do you make any sport better? Put the word “arena” in front of it! Arena Soccer, arena badminton, arena fishing, arena skydiving… you get the idea. Putting “arena” in front of a sport’s name is only second to putting “extreme” in front of it. Well one of the sports that actually works (not necessarily better) in an arena is football. The Arena Football League is exciting to watch and offers an option for the football junkies who are bored to tears in the offseason. Getting an internship in sports can be tough, and getting an internship with a team in a major sports league can be near impossible. Sometimes looking to the secondary leagues (sorry AFL) can offer great alternatives.
If you need an introduction to the Arena Football League, the Wikipedia page is probably a good place to start. You can also check out ArenaBowl.com. The Arena Football League is yet another sports league that uses TeamWork Online to manage its internship postings. We like the way TeamWork Online does things, so it should be pretty easy for you to get the scoop on internships with a variety of Arena Football League Teams.
One nice feature of searching for internships with secondary sports league teams is that they often offer locations beyond the major cities that have NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL franchises. This means that you’re more likely to be able to have a fantastic internship in professional sports while living at home with your parents (hey, it’s free). The Arena Football League’s teams offers internships in a variety of fields, and many of them are still available for this fall.
Current internship opportunities with AFL Teams include: Ticket Sales Intern (Fall 2008) - Grand Rapids Rampage (Grand Rapids, MI), Ticket Sales Intern (Winter 2008-09) - Grand Rapids Rampage (Grand Rapids, MI), Game Operations Intern (Fall 2008) - Grand Rapids Rampage (Grand Rapids, MI), Game Operations Intern (Winter 2008-09) - Grand Rapids Rampage (Grand Rapids, MI), Internship Opportunities (Fall 2008) - af2 League Office (Chicago, IL), Storm Football Operations Intern (Spring 2009) - Tampa Bay Storm (Tampa, FL), Storm Football Operations Intern (Fall 2008) - Tampa Bay Storm (Tampa, FL), Player Personnel/Football Operations Internship - San Jose SaberCats (San Jose, CA), Sales and Marketing Internship (Fall 2008) - Texas Copperheads (Houston, TX), Sales & Promotion Internship Opportunities (Fall 2008) - Dallas Desperados (Dallas, TX), and Ticket Sales & Services Intern - Cleveland Gladiators (Cleveland, OH).
If you don’t see anything that jumps out at you, or your local teams aren’t offering internships right now, you can sign up for the AFL’s internship notifications. Applying online through the TeamWork Online site is easy, so start looking over the internships with Arena Football League Teams and see if any interest you.
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