On The Team

Once you are a doctor, how competitive is it to get a job as a physician for a major league sports team, like major league hockey, football, baseball? Do that many people apply for these jobs? What is the pay like? Thanks!

There are over 700, 000 doctors in the US and less than I’d say less than 700 working full time on professional sports teams, less than 1%. Not only do you have to be selected for the right specialty training, but, like the players, coaches and officials, chances are you are going to have to do your time in the minor leagues, colleges, and high schools first, either part time, volunteering and if you get lucky, maybe you may get hired after several years of experience. Trust me, when some major league team invests millions of dollars for just one player, they are not going to get some doc, just out of residency to keep him or her healthy!!!

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1. joseph b Says:
   June 7th, 2010 at 9:35 am

   There are over 700, 000 doctors in the US and less than I’d say less than 700 working full time on professional sports teams, less than 1%. Not only do you have to be selected for the right specialty training, but, like the players, coaches and officials, chances are you are going to have to do your time in the minor leagues, colleges, and high schools first, either part time, volunteering and if you get lucky, maybe you may get hired after several years of experience. Trust me, when some major league team invests millions of dollars for just one player, they are not going to get some doc, just out of residency to keep him or her healthy!!!
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