Who has the perfect job? It is not the President, Michael Jordan or Oprah Winfrey; it is Matt Malm. Imagine waking up every single day for a year and not having to go to an office or do any work. Every day, all he does is attend a sporting event.
This is the life of Matt Malm. It all began at the Super Bowl last year in Atlanta, Ga. 250 days ago, Malm began there and has attended a sporting event every day since. Actually, he is ahead of pace, having seen 263 events. Of course, all of these events have not quite been the Super Bowl, but they have all been sporting events.
The events have ranged from the College World Series to a University of Maine football game. They have even included Saint Louis University field hockey and soccer games. In every continental state except Louisiana, Malm has seen an event.
Malm’s company, Pro Performance Marketing, is funding the excursion. Pro Performance is a marketing company in Charlotte, N.C., which is centered around marketing products at major sports events.
Malm said, “It started out on a Friday night after work as a dare as to how many I could go to in a row, and if it was possible to see one every day.” So Malm and the members of Pro Performance began to prepare his trip in `99.
With the Super Bowl as his starting point, Malm mapped out his first six months of travel. In those months, Malm has seen college and pro football, hockey, college and pro basketball, college and pro baseball, and anything you can think of in between.
Most of the events that Malm has been to have been free. “I went to every NBA arena, and they all supplied the tickets… except the Knicks.”
Now in his second motor home (because the first fell victim to an eighteen wheeler), Malm travels from state to state and venue to venue. He drives alone and lives on the road, but as he said, “It is the best job there is.”
Malm, a University of Northern Iowa graduate, is now somewhat of an attraction himself. He admits to being somewhat interesting to others wherever he goes.
“Everyone seems to ask if I am going to set some kind of record; I think that I need to call Guiness and ask them,” Malm said.
