By: Aries Willingham

VSWHO’S The Real MVP?

Problem Consolation

My challenge statement is: Society values entertainment over educationDirect Driver: entertainment pleases the people Indirect drivers We are lazy We have computers who think for us We have better technologyDirect Driver: More teachers than athletes A lot of students A population growth We live longer Advancements in medicine Better technology

Problem Consolation(Continued)

Direct Driver: Hard to be an athlete Practice a long time every day Be in good shape Become better So you can keep your jobDirect Driver: Watching other people on TV takes minimal brain capacity People like criticizing other people on TV More enjoyable We like to judge Make others feel bad

Stake Holders

Owners: Because they ultimately decide how much each player gets paidLeague: Because they decide the salary cap(the highest and lowest a player can get paid) People: Because the way players get paid so much is because They pay for the merchandise or tickets. Society: Society is the one who has popularized sports.

Data Collection

EducationHighest paid elementary school state: Rhode Island ($66,790)Highest paid Middle school State: New York ($66,220)Highest Paid High school state: Illinois ($69,830)Highest Paid College Professor: David N Silvers ($4.3 Million)

EntertainmentHighest paid MLB player: Alex Rodriguez ($29 Million)Highest paid NFL player: Jay Cutler ($18.1 Million)Highest Paid NBA player: Kobe Bryant ($23.5 Million)Highest paid NHL player: Sidney Crosby ($12 Million)

Vision

If the Highest athlete was paid 4 million, You would see less people using sports to get money and start seeing people looking for education to get a good job.

Intervention Ideas

After thinking about what I want for my vision, I needed to find a plan to make that vision reality. So far, my ideas were: Become famous and spread the word about athletes overpay Start a change.org petition Go door to door asking them to spread the word Ask an athlete to speak about the overpaid problems

Intervention Matrix

Intervention Cost Time Matinence Sustainability Total

Start a change.org petition 1 1 1 1 4

Become famous and spread the word about athletes overpay 3 4 2 2 11

Go door to door asking them to spread the word 2 2 3 3 10

Ask an athlete to speak about the overpaid problems 4 3 4 4 15

The winner

The best option for me was a change.org petition. It was easy to make, can be put on the world wide web, Takes about 15 minutes to create and I can edit the petition whenever I want so I can maintain and sustain it. The other ones would have taken a lot of time, money, and could not be easily maintained or sustained.

The other side of the spectrum

Athletes can argue that they are not over paid. The average Athlete retires by 35 years old. The more contact and movement, the shorter the career span. In ESPN 30 for 30 film Broke, you can understand how an athlete needs to find a way how to let those millions of dollars last them 30-40 years so they don’t die broke

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