Zeke Wilson
Chaplin/Zinck
English II 3rd
24 February 2023
Controversial Topics The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines controversy as, “a discussion marked especially by the expression of opposing views” (“Controversy”). There are many controversies that affect society today. Controversy can destroy families, cause arguments, and initiate political strife. Some of the major controversies affecting America today are racism, abortion, and gun control. Everyone is allowed to have their own opinions on controversial topics. The three most interesting controversies affecting us are Paying College Athletes, Lowering the Drinking Age, and Obesity.
College athletes should still be getting paid for multiple different reasons. The first major reason is the NCAA requires players to have health insurance to play but they players have to pay for their own health insurance (“Paying college athletes”). This shows that college Athletes have to pay for their insurance to play a sport. Athletes should not have to pay to continue playing sports and not being paid to do it. Athletes can only get money from NIL deals and most of the time, they do not get paid from the deals. In the article titled “Paying College Athletes”, Michael Sokolove states, “If you look at a program like [University of] Louisville, …they generate about $45 million a year in
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College athletes should be paid because of how dangerous their sport can be. The drinking age should be lowered because younger people will not want to drink more because it is legal. Obesity is not a disease, people that consider it a disease are making it acceptable to be obese. These are some of the most controversial topics talked about right now. The main takeaway that the readers should have is: go out and learn more about the discussions affecting America, and discover how you feel about
The debate of whether not college athletes should be paid has been going on for a couple decades now. With college institutions gaining revenue from football bowl games and March Madness in basketball, Dr. Dennis Johnson thinks that “There now is a clamoring for compensating both football and basketball players beyond that of an athletic scholarship” (2012). On the other hand, Dr. John Acquaviva is satisfied with the current college system in which colleges provide athletic scholarships which reward a free college education in return for representing the university’s athletic program (2012). Dr. Johnson then follows up Dr. Aquaviva’s claim with his five selling points for the paying of college athletes and Dr. Aquaviva provides five points
The thesis in this text is clear and noticeable, it is “One of the most controversial questions; Should college athletes be paid?”. It is the second sentence, it states in the beginning what the author will be talking about. The central argument of the essay was why college athletes should not be paid. The author provides support for his opinion by stating some of NCAA’s rules. The author told an anecdote about when he was a college athlete.
According to the writers of Should College Athletes be Paid, they state that some college sports and athletes would benefit, but many of them would lose opportunities. This is showing that having to pay college
A Public Opinion Analysis” by Chris Knoester talks about? It gets to the point where paying athletes could be making more than their tuition, and who would pay them? Would it be the NCAA or the school? Will the school lose money? But if paying them less most people will not be making
Ryan Vanderfords’ article published in the Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal explores this issue of whether or not college athletes should be paid beyond what they receive in scholarships. Vanderford is currently a law associate at a law firm in Los Angeles, California. He played sports throughout high school and college, so the author can relate to this topic. The payment of college athletes has become a more prominent issue in today’s society then it has been in the past. He argues that at major universities, student athletes help the school generate their revenue and therefore should be paid.
Furthermore, college athletes already receive superior services that exceed salary payments. Athletes should not be exempt because they receive more treatment and benefits than other students. Since, athletes receive more treatment and benefits than other students, they should not be exempt. College athletes are not held to the same standards as the elite universities, which provide the athletes with the best gyms to exercise in, free health insurance for injuries, transportation, food, and, most importantly, tuition, stated in the article “Athlete Reason Why They Shouldn’t Pay”, page 2. College athletes shouldn't be paid because the services they receive are already covered by a payment for a few year.
The new policy also allows student-athletes to hire professional agents to negotiate deals on their behalf” (Dilascio). Many thought that they should be paying payers as well because they are
But most do not have a steady source of income to pay for these things. A big conflict going on between colleges, the sports associations, and the college athletes is if these athletes should be getting paid for playing sports. Colleges and these associations think that these athletes should not be paid for playing sports. While the athletes
“College athletes don’t have to worry about student loans, paying for textbooks, the cost of on-campus living, and meal plans” (McCauley). These student athletes are still going to college, hence the name college athletes. They are not professionals, and this is not the big leagues. A scholarship can take care of a big portion of the cost to go to college. Even if it doesn’t cover the whole cost, they are still paying a lot less than a regular student going to college.
There is also proof that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) treats their athletes poorly because universities do not provide healthcare, and they do not allow their athletes to benefit on the biggest games of their careers. These athletes deserve to get paid because
It includes only those funds that end up in the NCAA 's bank account.” The FCAA being the organization that would collect and distribute the capital. This research paper described why college athletes should be paid. They make personal sacrifices, and take risks in order to produce revenue for their schools.
Players, as well already earn money off of their NIL (Name, Image, Likeness). On top of the NIL earnings, they can sign with agents and school boosters, adding to the money they can make anyway, without salaries (Should). Because they can make money in this way, the colleges shouldn’t be liable for paying the big-name athletes even more (Should). The NCAA already provides 3.6 billion dollars worth of scholarships to over 180,000 athletes. This results in roughly 20,000 dollars to each student receiving a scholarship while the average total cost to attend college is only 18,000 dollars (Should).
Should college athletes be paid? Annotated Bibliography Benedykiuck, Mike. “The Blue Line: College athletes should be paid.” Dailyfreepress.
This divisiveness exacerbates the struggle to have nuanced discussions about the societal controversies that cancel culture
Therefore, the Whaling argument on both sides is certainly be a divisive topic for the foreseeable future. Word count