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Summary Of Get Football Out Of Our Universities By Steven Salzberg

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Steven Salzberg takes a debatable position in “Get Football Out of Our Universities” by guarding reasons on why he considers football should not be prioritized over education. Although I am not a fan of football, I found Salzberg’s inflection and style to be arrogant and displeasing. To persuade his readers, his tone is solid in note to his dislike towards football players. I felt that for his writing to be an argumentative piece, he should have used more logic to support his argument. College football is very important to the lovers of football. Though there are many good arguments about banning football, the opposers do not consider the situations of the players. Although the antagonists focus on academics, they do not look at the hard work, …show more content…

The reason of his article is to focus on the significance of the study of science. Sports does not help in these departments, and he feels as if it has become a barrier in educating accurate thinking and attentiveness among students. The universities also urge the importance in sports at the expense of study of science by spending a lot of money on football. Football has an outstanding purpose by attracting more students into school. A significant number of students are football players; therefore, the student rate would most likely decrease if football was banned. Despite the resources football takes up, it is very essential to any …show more content…

College football is one of the major sports that is seen as the best source for advertising a university. Getting rid of this would remove universities to alumni’s, and those who are big on college football. There are many of players who obtain scholarships that are not receiving a weak education and differently would not have the funds to attend college. This debate whether college football not be in universities should end, because there is no logical support to be against football in this nature. There is nothing involved with universities that motivates a student body or alumni support like football. The debate can continue about the barrier that football puts up against education, but in the eyes of the public, it faints in contrast to the recognition football

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