There are many reasons as to why I am interested in this particular research. I am a college football player at the University of South Carolina that has experienced many situations that involves college athletes wanting to be paid more money. The reason I agree that college athletes should be paid more money, football players in particular, is because we put so much stress and hard work on our bodies that we aren't able to sustain the pain in which our body take. In addition to putting stress on our bodies, it's mandatory that we wake up the next morning and do this over again while also managing a full class schedule. One of the main reasons college athletes need more money is because of food situations. I do not feel as if the universities provide enough food to hold us off for one day. Football players in particular burn more calories than the average person, so therefore we need more food. There isn't a reason why top program universities shouldn't be able to provide and pay their student athletes because our success on the field brings much money and attention. We work hard and we should be rewarded for what we do. 

In the article "Court Rules against Paying College Athletes" the main point is that the court ruled against paying college athletes. The court ruled that academic and scholarship money is enough and that if a university made money through your name, you are not able to get any of that money. I don't know too much about Laura Wagner, but she wrote through a well-organized news company known as National Public Radio (NPR.) NPP is a national public radio news station that's privately and publicly funded by individuals but the article isn't biased. The major value to this article is that the athletes value their time in the weight room, on the field, and in the classroom. They feel like that should be compensated for that. The other major value is that we value that the court is going to make the right choice based off of the information provided. 

In the article "Gettin' Played: How the Video Game Industry Violates College Athletes' Rights of Publicity by Not Paying for Their Likenesses" the main point is college athletes should be compensated. They feel like they should be paid for their names being used on game systems. The major value to this article is that college athletes value their time on the football field. They work hard to look good and make a name for themselves, so they feel as if they should be compensated for their names being used on a game system because NFL players do. Matthew G. Matzkin is very familiar with all the laws in this article and he's also a law student so he spends time studying law. This particular article is argumentative because there are many different thoughts throughout the article. 

In this article "A Way to Start Paying College Athletes" the main point is that college athletes are working very hard to better and provide for their university and they are not being paid for it. The Michigan coach was paid $7 million dollars and couldn't reward his players. The main value of this article is that these college are working very hard in the weight room and on the field. They are finding a way to make it to class, stay awake, and do it all over again. They deserve to be rewarded through the university and coaches. Joe Nocera is a sport reporter and business columnist. He also writes for New York Times so he deserves much credit. The sources that he used were bias towards his opinion in the article. 

This article basically expresses the court rules against paying college athletes. They point out certain things in which college athletes have to go through and how this benefits them. The court is ruling against college athletes because they feel as like a college education and scholarship money is enough. They feel like its wrong for the University to be getting money through the athletes figure, but they still have created another rule so that college athletes can't get paid.

This research question is arguable because there are some people who believe that college athletes should be paid, and there are some who do not. An agreement is that people acknowledge that college athletes are working hard and deserves financial help. A disagreement is that universities believe that academic scholarships are enough and that is all that they need, but this did not affect my opinion. I do not believe that any revision should be made to my research question because it is open ended there is much research on this topic.
