Advice for Athletes to Start a Sports Broadcasting Career

In episode 9, we’re talking about athletes and sports broadcasting. For athletes the decision to stop playing their favorite sport whether after high school, college or a professional career can be a difficult decision but many are looking into broadcasting opportunities in radio or television.

Today’s guest on The Athlete Brand Advisor Podcast is Tim Hagerty. Tim is a broadcaster and media relations professional for the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas. I first learned about Tim through his brother Paul Hagerty, an acupuncturist at the TB12 facility in Foxboro, Massachusetts. Tim and I realized we have a lot in common and share advice for athletes about how they can build their name, image and likeness by getting into sports broadcasting.

In this episode:

• How Tim started his sports broadcasting career
• Why interacting with the media during your playing career can build your brand
• A story from a Major League Baseball social media seminar
• How social media can build or ruin your athlete brand
• Greg shares the three P’s of athlete branding
• What makes an athlete a good person to interview
• The importance of honesty in an interview and how it can build your athlete brand
• How broadcasters perform and have good and bad broadcasts, just like athletes
• Why Tim’s favorite player was Ozzie Smith and how his backflips were part of his athlete brand
• Tim reflects on his broadcast following the El-Paso shooting and why it was his most memorable broadcast
• How baseball and broadcasts brought the world together after September 11 and after World War II
• Advice for baseball players or athletes who get the opportunity to broadcast their first game
• Tips for game preparation and TV analysts and why it is important to do your homework
• The story behind how TB12 influenced Greg to name his company Pliable

Show links:

El Paso Chihuahuas
https://www.milb.com/el-paso

MLB Winter meetings

https://www.milb.com/events/winter-meetings

Pliable Athlete Branding 

https://www.pliablemarketing.com/athlete

Jim Cott, MLB Network Broadcaster

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kaatji01.shtml

 

Connect with Tim Hagerty

Twitter: @tdhagerty

Email: hagertytd@gmail.com