Introduction: Despite the development of entrepreneurship in many fields and fields of study, it seems that entrepreneurship in sports has not reached its true position. By playing an effective role in the development of business, employment, well-being and mental and physical health, sports entrepreneurship can play a very important and outstanding role in the development of the country; Therefore, for the development of entrepreneurship in the sports sector, the background and structural factors that are effective in the development of sports should be identified and based on the goals that exist in various dimensions of sports entrepreneurship, planning should be done to create structures and backgrounds that are effective in the growth of sports entrepreneurship. did Therefore, the present study seeks to identify the factors affecting the development of entrepreneurship among sports science students of Razi University.
Methodology: The qualitative research method is based on data theory. The statistical population of this research included experts, professors, students and experts in the fields of entrepreneurship and sports. Purposeful sampling method was used for sampling to conduct in-depth interviews. The research tool was an interview that was conducted with 16 people. The validity of the research instrument (interview) was examined and confirmed by the interviewees and then expert professors, and the within-subject agreement method was used to measure reliability, and according to this method, the reliability value was equal to 0.88. In this way, the reliability of the test was also confirmed. In order to analyze the data, the method of data-based theory and Max Qda version 20 software were used.
Results: The findings of this research showed that the factors affecting the development of entrepreneurship among sports science students of Razi University include the following categories: appropriate education, individual factors, environmental factors, economic factors, cultural factors, social factors, creating motivation, changing attitudes, and support. financial and willingness to take risks. These categories had 46 factors or open codes.
Conclusion: Based on the findings of this research, we conclude that in order to improve the state of entrepreneurship among sports science students, it is necessary to focus on the categories extracted from this research and in this way, to create the conditions for the emergence of students' talents and becoming entrepreneurs.