The best job on campus, period. That's what a lot of students of Suny Oneonta believe when asked about working for Intramurals program which is ran by Tom DiMeo. Tom has been in charge of intramurals since the 1980's. After having an interview with the boss himself, I asked him what makes this job so desirable? He simply answered by saying, "its the workers who make it desirable.. Most of the workers have a passion for sports, maybe even all of them do."
The workers make the job desirable because of their passion of sports. I asked fellow oneonta student and intramural work Aaron Quast to describe the "passion" his boss was talking about. He responded by saying, "Its fun and we have great chemistry so that adds on to it.. and sports brings people together so I have had the chance to make a lot of new friends, as a worker and teammate."
The Intramural program at Suny Oneonta has a variety of sports. From sports in the fall that include five on five basketball, football, softball, volleyball, soccer, and wally-ball. The majority of the sports have a men's and women's league and also a co-rec league. There also two divisions, an A division and B division. A is usually for students who want to compete at the highest level while the B division is for students who are looking to just have fun and not really take the sport too serious.
I went around campus asking Suny Oneonta Students what appeals to them of playing intramurals and also wanting to work for the program as well, I can say I got alot of good responses. I asked former player of the men's basketball team Tyler Major of the difference in playing intramurals to when he was on the team. He said "playing five on five for intramurals was fun, I was surprised of the competition and how serious people take it, and also surprised of the talent of kids who weren't even on the team." I then asked Freshman Christian Dale who applied to work for intamurals this past fall semester but got denied, on why he wanted the job so badly. He replied, " The workers don't really have to do anything but play sports or ref the sports, or even sometimes they just keep scores and get to watch games of whatever sport." That doesn't sound to bad Christian.
Suny Oneonta students will do anything for this job. I asked Tom how many applications he gets a semester, he replied, " I get about 100 to 200 a semester." That's only for students who know about the job. He went on to tell me that he has gotten bribed before by some students to get hired.
In all This Is The Best Job On Campus.
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