Testing the Hypothesis, Part 1 7A

1.) College athletes being paid

2.) The opportunity I am exploring is the idea that college athletes should get paid for all the revenue they bring in to their respective schools and that their lifestyle is more towards sports than school anyway

• The Who: College athletes and colleges
• The What: Getting paid for the revenue they bring in to their schools
• The Why: Athletes bring in the most money for their schools, and the work they do for sports all while keeping up with school is extremely demanding

3.) Testing 

• The Who: There are many other who have this need, basically everyone in 'the who' share this need because all college athletes know the work they put in for their sports all while trying to keep up in school
• The What: I think all college athletes want to get paid for the way they bring in money to their schools, and that goes for mostly all schools. Athletics brings in the most money, like for example UF football brings in millions and millions and the players don't get paid any of it, while the school just profits off all their hard work, although the players are attending the university for free. 
• The Why: There are two sides to the why, many people believe the players do deserved to get paid because why free education is nice, they bring in millions of dollars and should get some sort of compensation. On the other hand, many others think that getting a free college education is easily enough for them, along with all the free gear and other benefits they receive. 

4.) Interview summary

What I have found from performing these interviews is that there is more to it than just college athletes and the colleges that are affected. Others affected are professors, who are paid from the money the colleges make, also affected are other students, because they will be given less money for scholarships and those who are in need, while other students pay full price and are given zero benefits. Considering the what, it really is a mix of opinions, as a couple people i interviewed thought that paying players was a necessity because it will only bring in more revenue. With high powered programs such as UF, they can offer their recruits more money to play than other schools and will result in a better program and ultimately even more sales. On the other hand, I found that the other three interviewees were not interested in paying the players because they already get enough as it is. They believed that a free college education was enough to already go along with their free gear and all the extra free benefits along with the publicity they receive and college training they get so they can go professional. Continuing with they why, I found that there is no way to justify a clear decision, and that no matter what, there will be controversy. A couple people mentioned that it could lead to players abusing their benefits and creating more havoc.

5.) After conducting the interviews, I have found that the opportunity affects more than just the players and colleges, and that it affects the whole surrounding community of people and other students. I also figure before that there would be no clear, definite answer, and that strengthened my belief, that no matter the result, there will always be disputes and controversy. This has been a topic for years now, and I expect it to only get more publicity over the years, and will be looking forward to a decision in the future, and the reactions of both parties.