The System of College Sports
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Growing up in America sport is a vital part of everyday life. From childhood to adulthood some aspect of sport pertains to virtually everyone. As a child one is looking to find a hobby so they play sports. As a parent fathers look forward to coaching their child’s little league team. And as tens and young adults sports are an opportunity to become a “somebody” and do something amazing. The general perception in high school and college is that athletes have it all. If you’re good at sports then you don’t have to worry about schoolwork or popularity and essentially you have but not a care in the world; you are invincible. Although it is great to see some succeed and become professional athletes many others do not have the same fate. The fate of these athletes, which happens to be the majority, is what drives my opinion on college sport. If I had the opportunity to create a new college sport system, it would not look anything like the current system American colleges use today. My system would rid of college athletics and create a separation between athletics and higher education. According to the Pew Research Center 47% of Americans believe the purpose of college is to teach work related skills while 39% feel that it is to help students grow personally and intellectually (PewResearchCenter, 2011). Personally I feel that the point of college is higher education, meaning that the skills and knowledge learned in college are meant to create a valuable and productive member in society. The education from college should be specific to what a person plans to do with the rest of their life. Of all of the sports played professionally around the world, many athletes’ careers are short lived. The average career of an athlete in each of the fo... ... middle of paper ... ... room for adults to be playing a child’s game instead of going to school. If athletes want to play that bad because they feel that they are good enough then they have to make sacrifices. I am not against talented individuals playing professional sports but I am against those who do not obtain a degree and actually get something out of college before doing so. Written in an article published by USA Today “in 2009 that 78 percent of NFL players are bankrupt or facing serious financial stress within two years of ending their playing careers and that 60percent of NBA players are broke within five years of retiring from the game” (Wiles, 2012). Professional athletics is not all about fame and being filthy rich and this is something that young college students don’t understand. It is essential to better yourself and obtain a degree, there is more to life than just sports.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that sports are a vital part of everyday life in america. the general perception in high school and college is that athletes have it all.
- Opines that a new college sport system would not look like the current system american colleges use today. 47% of americans believe the purpose of college is to teach work related skills while 39% feel that it is meant to help students grow personally and intellectually.
- Opines that college athletes are being treated as professionals. according to the delta cost project, athletes cost colleges and universities anywhere from 3 to 12 times more per athlete than they do per student.
- Opines that the college sport system they would create would not be professional by any means. they believe that these organizations help to poison sports and what they are really meant to be.
- Explains that the new sports system will not be for profit and will be considered professional. all athletes must have a minimum gpa of 2.8 and coaches must be college students.
- Opines that college athletes should not be paid to play sports because they are gaining national recognition through television deals.
- Opines that college athletics is for higher education purposes and there is no room for adults to be playing a child’s game instead of going to school.
- Argues that college athletics is not for the betterment of the students but rather a means to make colleges and those who run them money.
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- Opines that college sports should be considered a profession and that athletes deserve to be paid for their work.
- Explains that the ncaa regulations state that an athlete loses eligibility if they are paid to play, sign a contract with an agent, receive salary, incentive payment, award, gratuity educational expenses or allowances, or play on professional teams.
- Explains that college athletes get paid by having a scholarship, but if you look at it differently, scholarships might change your mind. the ncaa doesn't want friends or boosters to offer athletes jobs because they fear it will interfere with their sport.
- Explains that the grant-in-aid system has been around since 1956, and the ncaa is using college players as a means to make money-bottom line.
- Compares college football to a business, where the owner, management, and workers make the business work, but the athletes receive no money from their hard work.
- Analyzes how iowa state basketball coach larry eustachy suggests that paying athletes should be explored and would even contribute money out of his own salary to do it.
- Opines that college athletes should get paid for their hard work and dedication. $300-$400 a month should give athletes enough money to get the required necessities.
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- Explains that education and athletics are closely linked in one of our society's favorite pastimes: college sports. some believe that these two things benefit each other and some don't.
- Analyzes how robe's first appeal to logic impresses a business audience like readers of forbes magazine. he examines the notion that college athletics help create exposure for colleges based on his personal experience.
- Analyzes how robe combines statistics with an appeal to need, in the form of cost effectiveness, to convince a business audience, whose number one priority is profits.
- Explains robe, johnathan, "rethinking the benefits of college athletics." forbes, 15 mar. 2012, n. pag.
- Analyzes robe's oversimplification and hasty generalization of his appeal to logic and statistics, which appeals to a business audience, who appreciates cold hard numbers.
- Analyzes how robe's article uses rhetorical tools to support his argument. he makes concessions to commonly held beliefs about the benefits of college sports, while putting forth convincing counter arguments.
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- Explains that college athletics have been around for more than 150 years. their importance and significance from the beginning until now is undeniable.
- Explains that the governing of college athletics by an organization rather than the players and coaches paved the way for them to become a great power within institutions of higher education.
- Explains that college athletics have long reserved themselves a special place in universities. the sound of the crowd erupting in cheers and the emotional high that sports bring to university campuses has become an irreplaceable staple.
- Explains that college athletics promotes character development among student-athletes and helps develop independent adolescents. athletes can be an encouraging peer and role model to the spectators.
- Explains that scandals have also occurred within institutions with major athletic programs. the jockplex complex is a favoritism treatment doled out by coaches or teachers onto their prized athletes.
- Explains that college athletics attracts an extensive range of spectators and entices people to the campus, stadiums, and courts. successful athletic programs increase the likelihood of alumni making donations, which in turn generates opportunities for universities.
- Opines that athletics can steer institutions downwards if alumni trustees fail to embrace their larger stewardship role. student-athletes suffer from stress of receiving donations from alumni only due to their success.
- Opines that college athletics encourages experiences and traditions, while academics are important and drive to become successful after university.
- Argues that the lack of education that student-athletes maintain is alarming, adding to the uncertainty that college athletics are beneficial for higher education.
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- Analyzes how the national collegiate athletic association created amateurism, which demoralized the american education. sack played football at notre dame and staurowsky attended ursinus.
- Argues that the educational model of college sports is defined by the amatuer model. they explain how colleges have moved away from amateurism to take advantage of attracting sports revenue and spectators.
- Explains that america's booming industrialization attracted millions of immigrants. the land grant college act encouraged educational institutions to expand into the states that were under populated.
- Explains that colleges developed funds through financial aid to support underprivileged students. the ncaa was created to restore amateur standards, but failed to reverse the trend of professionalism.
- Explains that the sanity code was an attempt to fashion a compromise between two schools of thought: advocates of full athletic scholarships and opponents such as yale, harvard, and princeton.
- Explains how the three southern conferences discussed the sanity code at the "three-conference" conference in atlanta, georgia.
- Narrates that brown, gary t., "the ncaa news - news and features."
- Cites john r. thelin's book, games colleges play: scandal and reform in intercollegiate athletics.
- Reviews john t. wolohan's book, college athletes for hire: the evolution and legacy of the ncaa’s amateur myth.
- Analyzes joseph k. hart, "the faculty loses the ball," the survey 49, 1 december 1922.
- Describes sack, allen l., and ellen j. staurowsky's college athletes for hire: the evolution and legacy of
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- Opines that it would be unfair to provide the money generated from the sports to the students rather than putting it back into the schools.
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- Argues that a play-for-play program would not work because it wouldn't allow for student athletes of every sport to be paid for their participation.
- Opines that the ncaa disagrees with the pay for play idea. the program complains that providing players unsanctioned funds spoils fair competition between teams because some players only want to go to schools with a reputation for providing extras.
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- Analyzes the argument presented by the article titled rethinking the benefits of college athletics, which questions the academic benefit that college athletics provide.
- Analyzes how robe's argument starts with a statement by the chancellor of louisiana state university that college athletics provide benefits to their institutions and dissects some of the statements arguing that is not the case.
- Analyzes how robe's argument begins by examining the idea that college athletics help create exposure to colleges and that this in itself is a benefit.
- Analyzes robe's argument about the negative effect that collegiate athletics can have on the athletes themselves, citing a research paper by the national bureau of economic research.
- Analyzes how robe questions the cost effectiveness of college sports in providing exposure for college academics.
- Analyzes how robe's final supports are a few appeals to need and value. he asks whether it is appropriate to be spending this money on sports and not what is really important in life.
- Analyzes how robe's article uses several rhetorical tools to support his argument. many of them are appeals to logic and have a sufficient amount of supporting information.
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- Explains that college athletes may not play a sport for "the love of the game" instead, but the national collegiate athletic association (ncaa) see sports strictly as business.
- Opines that college athletes should be able to receive compensation for their talent because it would decrease media scandals that are brought to the public.
- Explains that college athletes should receive money because the ncaa is using the athletes talent to make a large profit.
- Opines that college athletes should be compensated if they suffer any type of injury while playing at their university, which often leaves the athlete with a large bill after their injury.
- Opines that college athletes should not be paid because they are already receiving money to attend school. however, if coaches had a generous pay reduction, the ncaa wouldn't have to dig so deep.
- Concludes that there is no quick fix in determining whether a college athlete should be paid to play.
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- Opines that athletic hours are unarguable unless the athlete is willing to lose their athletic scholarship. many institutions do not physically allow their athletes the opportunities to succeed academically.
- Argues that a college education is as important as playing intercollegiate sports. the ncaa blames low graduation rates on athletes dropping out of school because of professional contracts.
- Argues that the federal government allows regular students to spend twenty hours a week at their university job.
- Opines that academic, social and athletic pressures make it virtually impossible for many to achieve their academic goals.
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In this essay, the author
- Argues that college athletes should be compensated in some form because they generate huge amounts of revenue for their schools.
- Explains that college sports are equivalent to working a full-time job, and that ncaa officials are concerned about the amount of time spent on sports.
- Analyzes how the ncaa and universities benefit enormously from college sports. the ncaa is strict on making sure that athletes should be treated no different from any other student.
- Explains that the ncaa and universities make money, but the college athlete is restricted to small amounts of scholarship money.
- Argues that paying college athletes on top of scholarships is too complex and costly for the ncaa.
- Opines that the athletes should be able to market themselves and receive benefits outside of the university because they generate so much money for schools.
- Explains that bilas was taken to a page that contained links to buy texas a&m jerseys emblazoned with the no. 2. the ncaa doesn't profit off the names or likenesses of individual players.
- Opines that letting athletes market themselves would not hurt the ncaa or universities financially, and would bring more attention to their athletics.
- Opines that college athletes are exploited by universities and the ncaa to make money, therefore, they should not have restrictions to prevent them from making any money.
- States bilas, jay, "players should be compensated." the new york times company, 14 mar 2012.
- Opines that college finances 2012 is a report from usa today. gannett satellite information network, inc.
- Analyzes how the end of the football season produced $37 million in media exposure for texas a&m.
- States dorfman, jeffrey, "pay college athletes? they're already paid up to $125,000 per year." forbes.
- Quotes pennington, bill. "expectations lose to reality of sports scholarships." new york times, 10 mar 2008.
- Analyzes staples' article, "online jersey sales highlight ncaa's hypocrisy on amateurism." sports illustrated.
- Analyzes thomas, brennan, "pay for play: should college athletes be compensated?" bleacher report.
- States wieberg, steve, "study: college athletes are full-time workers." usa today, 13 jan. 2008.
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In this essay, the author
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- Explains that mental and physical maturity is very important for professional athletes. kobe bryant is regarded as the best player in the game, but he was involved in a rape case that almost ended his career.
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In this essay, the author
- Opines that the ncaa and universities benefit enormously from college sports. johnny manziel, the first freshman to win the heisman trophy, generated $37 million of media exposure.
- Argues that paying college athletes on top of scholarships is too complex and costly for the ncaa.
- Argues that college athletes should be compensated for their time and effort, as they generate huge amounts of revenue.
- Argues that the athletes should be able to market themselves because they generate so much money for schools. the only fair compromise is to let these athletes make money by branding themselves.
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that while some schools may care about academics for their athletes, many do not. colleges don't place as great of an emphasis on an athlete's education.
- Explains that scholarships are given to athletes to come and play a sport for college and generate revenue. if an athlete can run fast, or throw the ball, that's why they're given scholarships instead of what they can do academically.
- Explains that colleges don't value education for their athletes as much as the money they generate. academic probation can upset athletes because of grades dropping, which is normally caused by never having time to study.
- Opines that athletes aren't worried about school, as they'd need a degree to make money, but if they spent time on the field, they would have wasted time.
- Proposes that athletes should have the same amount of time to focus on their studies. this would help athletes be better set for the rest of their lives and graduate with a good gpa.
- Concludes that athletes should have more time to focus on academics, so they are ready for the rest of their lives whether they go into the pros or not.
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that college sports are a time for young people to develop and grow in their education, but where would these sports be without dedicated athletes?
- Quotes gary gutting in the myth of the ‘student-athlete’.
- Explains the cause and effect of being a student athlete.
- Analyzes shoup, rick, kinzie, julian, and zirin, dave. "the shame of the ncaa march madness generates a tidal wave of revenue-but the players don'
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