This article is about how the
author paints the absurdity of the reasons why others or specifically the NCAA
has disregarded paying college athletes. The author states an outline on how to
provide benefits with using things such as promoting more education, insurance
and modifying the market. The author’s main argument is that college athletics
is a business and that the main laborers should be compensated for the work
they complete. This article uses the big numbers to exemplify of how big
college athletics is from a business standpoint. To clarify how labeling it as
a “amateur” sport is naïve.
The author’s audience is to anyone who will want indulge in
a new view point on college athletics and willing to learn more/debate about
the topic. He provides counterarguments to common arguments in relation to the
topic. The language is not to threatening to any opposition to his view. His
purpose is to enlighten people on the topic and persuade the audience to take
his view. The language is not to harsh in relation to the NCAA because of probably
editorial oversight due to the large footprint of the newspaper and NCAA.
“And what does the labor force that makes it possible for
coaches to earn millions, and causes marketers to spend billions, get? Nothing.
The workers are supposed to be content with a scholarship that does not even
cover the full cost of attending college. (4)” This quote shows the main
argument of the article on the large hole in the whole idea of the amateurism
or that college athletes are somehow being fully paid by their education.
Nocera, Joe. "Lets Start Paying College Athletes." New
York Times 30 Dec. 2011: n. pag. Nytimes.com.
30 Dec. 2011. Web. 5 Sept. 2016. <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/09/sports/a-way-to-start-paying-college-
athletes.html?_r=0>
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