My time in this sports comm class was great, I think some of my biggest takeaways from the course was connections in the industry are key to moving forward. This connection can be seen with the penpal assignment that we had done throughout the semester. The connections made in that assignment were meant to connect with someone in our sports industry and I chose a beat writer for the panthers. The reporter responded on occasion and answered a lot of questions I had for him, this is something that rounds back to what i learned and it all comes back to connections in the industry. Another thing I learned was the importance of a social media presence and the persona assignment showed us that as well you can become an influencer just from giving some personality to yourself online. I think having a good persona on any social media platform will help connect you with more people and this is how connections continue to be made. This class was very good and informative and it helped me understand the behind the scenes of what the business side of sports.