Also called: Spotter, Booth Statistician
Helps announcers by identifying players and feeding them stats during live broadcasts.
Sitting next to the announcer, they point at boards with player names and numbers, track stats, and pass notes. Announcers rely on them to avoid mistakes.
Estimate; usually paid per game.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. No formal education; deep sports knowledge.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Communications, Statistics.
Growing slowly. Small niche.
High risk for 10 years. Automated stats feeds and player tracking increasingly do this work in real time.
Age 18+. One way to start: Join a college athletics stats crew as a student worker or ask local broadcasters about spotting
Classes: Statistics, Computer applications, Physical education.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-4099.
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