Initial+Proposal

When an athlete has to start his transition to professional, there are a number of factors that must be considered. Why do certain athletes have so much success/failure transitioning from amateur to professional? What are the main factors that affect that affect their play? This is going to be the main focus of my project, to find the answers to these questions. I want to look into this because sports catch my interest more then nearly anything else. One of my favorite football players (Vince Young) was unstoppable in college, however when he came to the NFL he couldn’t really seem to get things going in a positive direction. No one knows why he is not succeeding like he did in college. Some say he might have some sort of depression others say his talent wasn’t ready for pro sports. I have seen many other athletes having trouble with the transition and many thrive. I want to compare and contrast different players to really see what factors truly affect these players. I am going to have to look into statistics, past and present to look for major changes. I am going to have to look into professional sports websites and magazines to find the majority of my information. Sports Illustrated, ESPN, and professional sports websites will be my guiding sources for this project. From these sources I can get information on all players written by professional sports analyzers. There are numerous articles on all players I plan on focusing on so getting information from my sources will be no problem. I will also get a lot of info from stories written by sports journalists. Videos from sports shows such as Sports Center, with sports broadcasters discussing the issue I am looking into, will also be used to support my ideas. Interviews with players will be used to find out what is going on off/on the field from the players prospective. First I am going to need to gather all the necessary research/information for my topic. Once I have that done, I need to pick out what is going to help/support me and then take away the things that don’t work for my topic. Once I have gone over my research I can start providing my opinion with guidance from what I have been looking into. Eventually I will become so familiar with all my research that I will be able to really speak/write very clearly on my topic and put my project in a good position. I will put a lot of work and time into this topic, not necessarily because it is a complex topic but because I am so interested in it. My mentor will make sure I stay on track and help me out when I am stuck. They will help me access new resources to expand my mind about the topic. I might have trouble finding a key reason for some player’s success/failure, for those players I am going to have to do in depth research and if I am still having trouble I must realize I am not going to be able to use that player and move on.