Jake Schwartz

Happy Friday everyone!

It's always good to count your blessings. I'm extremely grateful for the opportunity Zac and Tracie gave me here at Old Hat. This internship has exposed me to the working world of sports and graphic design, and ironically, my job is not necessarily focused on those two things. In fact, I challenge any of you to find an internship quite like mine. It's extaordinary that I get paid to do what I do.

While there is no typical day or week in my life now, you'll find that this week, I really had some fun.

Monday 1/30

Happy Friday everyone! As part of Tracie's Professional Development Book Club, I've been reading "Social BOOM" by Jeffrey Gitomer. I haven't finished yet, but so far he's made some great points about mastering social media. I want to take some time to post how I've been effective in the space. Enjoy!

3 DO's

Hi everyone! With threats of snow and consistent cold weather here in Oklahoma, (something I’m still getting used to) it’s clear that the holiday (or the generic term: winter) season is upon us. 

One of our marketing activities during these holidays has been the Old Hat 15 Days of Christmas (ironic that I came up with the name and I’m Jewish). The hashtag #OH15Days has taken off, a lot more than I expected it to, so I hope you all benefited from it. I’m not sure if anything like this has been done in the past, so it’s a little surreal to think about how influential it has been and could be. Outside of the tips from all of our staff, I’d like everyone to take away three things:

A big topic of discussion lately is whether college athletes should be paid. With all the exposure and revenue that the school gains from their games (mostly football and men’s basketball), those in favor of this say that the athletes themselves deserve a cut of the profits. While that is a fair and valid point, I am strongly against paying college athletes. I have many reasons for this: Inequalities between FBS and FCS schools and between revenue and non-revenue sports, the already shrinking budgets for athletics at many schools, and the multitude of benefits that athletes already get or have access to (catered meals, extra tutors, free clothing, opportunities for grants and loans, a FREE EDUCATION, etc). But, for this piece, I’m going to focus on my one main argument against paying college athletes: Pride and passion.

It’s been increasingly difficult to write my thoughts in a coherent fashion over the years. With my head over and under analyzing every random thing, including how to write this blog to introduce myself, it’s a wonder I don’t spend a ridiculous amount of money on Tylenol. (I like to insert my “comments” in parentheses, as you can tell)