A questionnaire survey was conducted targeting young professional baseball players to select the profession they would like to have after retirement, and the number of "company managers" was the highest for the second consecutive year.
NPB = Nippon Professional Baseball conducted a questionnaire survey on the career paths of 12 teams who participated in the "Phoenix League" held for the purpose of training young players last November, and received responses from 233 people. It was.
Among these, when asked to choose the occupation they would like to get after retirement from 20 options, "company manager" was the highest at 16.3% for the second consecutive year.
The second was "high school baseball coach" at 15.5%, the third was "director / coach of 12 professional baseball teams" at 14.6%, the fourth was "teacher with a teacher's license" at 9.9%, and the fifth. Was 9.4% for "12 baseball team scouts and scorers".
On the other hand, "employment in a general company", which was the top in the 2018 survey two years ago, fell to 7.7%, the ninth.
A person in charge of NPB said, "I did not find any answer that felt the influence of the new coronavirus. Young athletes could not imagine what kind of work they have in general companies and what they could do. There are many. I want to increase the opportunities for learning. "