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Advice in working with a Professional Sports Team

I have been working for a professional soccer team for 3 years now my question is more for advise. If there is any one with exp in working in a training room for any type of sport not necessarily soccer specific I am having trouble managing athletes and my career I feel that I have hit a wall. Any response will help create a discussion because I don't know where to begin. Thanks!!

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Permalink Reply by Gordon J. Wallis on January 7, 2013 at 6:20pm

Managing Athletes? Uhm, what do you mean?

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Permalink Reply by Gordon J. Wallis on January 8, 2013 at 3:08am

Find another massage therapist to work with you, and cut your work in half.. Or find some one for part time work.. It would be good experience for a massage therapist or career, it sounds to me... You're busy.. too busy. Im sure there is a massage therapist that would want to help. You pick the person... find somebody good. Just my opinion.. But I'm not you, and I'm not there. But gosh.. It sounds like you can help another massage therapist and yourself at the same time.

Brian Ubert said:

Part of my responsibility with the team is to create a massage program, scheduling 30+ contracted players I find is way too much for one person to handle. So I find it difficult to schedule all the players with what I feel necessary for an athlete to receive massage as a tool in their training program (ex 30-60min 1-2x/week). I work with 2 ATC's and in mid season we have 2 ATC interns, so I'm running the massage show by myself and there are times when everyone in the training room helps me out. I am thinking about confronting the head trainer and head coach about limiting my work only on the players that are getting the majority of minutes (1st team starters). Is this a good idea? or do I just work my ass off and be available for all 30+ until more help on the massage side becomes available? I think my schedule is ok at best but I do get player complaints 3-5 times a year. The schedule includes 30min on the table for everyone every week, some players don't get on and some players go 2-3x a week.

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Permalink Reply by Relax & Rejuvenate on January 9, 2013 at 7:16pm

Be careful how your structue this.

If the other MT is your sub contractor, then you become a "general contractor" and are now responsible for having Workers Compensation insurance for any subcontractor who cannot produce proof of their own WC coverage.

Same with liability insurance. Your ABMP does not cover subs, and if you are the general contractor, you must have insruance protecting you from the acts of your subs. if you sign the contract with the team, they will hold you responsible, not the sub, regardless of how insured the sub is.