Exactly a year ago, a collection of 116 academics had the opportunity to visit Charlotte’s NASCAR office.
“I never thought of NASCAR or saw myself in NASCAR,” said one student, unansked that Pete Jung, NASCAR’s senior vice president of marketing, can also hear it. “It’s very refreshing to see who looks like me has a successful career.”
The conversation occurred during the first-ever Sports Biz Camps’ Career Exploration Camp, and it meant the world to Jung. From physical to virtual tours of different league offices, a whole new realm just opened up for teenagers who are trying to figure out their next steps in life.
“The goal of our program is to introduce h8 school academics to sports professionals and create greater exposure to the diversity of careers the sport offers,” said Vincent Pierson, senior diversity and inclusion strater at Sports Biz Camps. “The transition of this delight to virtual deception this summer has allowed us to engage more leaders and academics in the field. We are very happy with this summer’s program, but even more excited about the opportunities created for our campers.”
Jung met Patrick Stack and Jeff Longo, the founders of Sports Biz Camps, a year ago and a component. The duo knows the global world of the game as their own pocket, running in the industry for some time.
From July 1-17, Sports Biz Camplaystation will run a virtual camp, as academics will have access to learning from approximately 120 sports industry professionals from NASCAR, NBA, NFL, MLS, NHL and more. The racing exploration field is an opportunity for NASCAR, not only to recruit varied skills for the future, but also to motivate teens to see that there are many task opportunities if you can’t be a star athlete.
“Sports organizations, whether leagues or teams, have paintings to do to have more diversity,” Jung said. “Start by exposing the younger ones to those other career paths. From sponsors and sales to content, media and other sports channels.”
In 2019, there were 3 physical camp stations in the Charlotte area. This year, the program was in line with the coronavirus pandemic. This allows the program to expand, providing a loose virtual camp for NASCAR, Carolinas Foundation and Central Carolina United Way participants.
“They turned temporarily and pledged to recruit industry professionals and organizations,” Jung said. “The virtual camp station is expanding accessibility. It’s a four-day program with panels and an explained program.”
The goal of the program’s one-year moment is to involve up to 1,000 academics from across the United States in the camp.
Sports Biz Camplaystation aims to remain the best friend to address social mobility through education, allowing teens to have a new path in life. This trail can include dozens of career opportunities in the field of sport.
“Mabig apple organizations are looking to grow a more diverse variety in the gaming industry,” Jung said.
The program recruits teenagers from the city’s public schools. Most academics enrolled in the program are minorities, which goes hand in hand with NASCAR’s recent drive to expand its own form of diversity as Bubba Wallace becomes the loudest athlete for equality in the United States.
NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity program was announced in 200 four to deceive drivers, team members and minority bosses. It has the largest inter-shipment systems in the country. Wallace graduated from the program and lately is one of only two Cup drivers on the show, the other being Daniel Suarez.
However, there are a lot of staff at NASCAR who were members of the Drive for Diversity program. Mabig’s apple of them was brought into the game without this initiative, adding Brehanna Daniels, who is the first black woguy member of the pit team in the game’s history.
I’m a reporter for Forbes SportsMoney, a foc in the stories never seen before in NASCAR. After graduating from Brob University on Stobig Apple, I went to Tel Aviv,
I’m a reporter for Forbes SportsMoney, a foc in the stories never seen before in NASCAR. After graduating from Brob University on The Stobig Block, I moved to Tel Aviv and applied for an Israeli television station before installing a newspaper according to the editor in New York. My articles are diverse, from local news to sports, Israeli politics and more. Visit my Twitter page @JoeWolkin.