Get in The Game Sports Business Career Conference Focused on Students of Color Sets Date for Second Year

Mar 22, 2024

Now in its second year, the Get in the Game Sports business career conference, which was created to educate students of color about the sports business industry and its many career pathways, is returning to Baltimore November 8th – 10th, 2024 at the Hyatt Regency Inner Harbor in Baltimore, MD. Get In the Game (GITG) is led by sports industry veterans Yussuf Khan, Founder & CEO of First and Pen (firstandpen.com) and Neil Schwartz, President of SBRnet. Through educational sessions and career workshops, the 2.5 day conference provides students with direct access to industry leaders and recruiters plus provides hands-on experience in business practices, strategies and operations across the industry. The inaugural event in 2023 attracted over 130 students from 17 different colleges and universities. The more than 200 attendees had the opportunity to listen to and interact with executives, presenters and 20 sponsors representing various businesses in the sports industry who helped assist them in the pursuit of their career goals.

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