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Assignment Four: Research Essay

Write a 2,000 to 2,500-word research essay persuading readers to consider your position on one of the

debatable issues listed below or one chosen with approval of your professor. ”Debatable” means a topic about

which intelligent, well-meaning people may disagree. Your audience is skeptical, so plan your argument

accordingly.

Your argument should be supported by information gleaned from credible written sources such as scholarly

journals, newspapers, and books. You should take advantage of credible websites, radio, or even television

programs. Consider interviewing someone in the field, if possible. You will need to use your critical thinking

skills to determine the validity and reliability of each source you use. Your sources should be current (usually not

more than seven years old) unless you are providing historical background. All quotations, summaries, and

paraphrases must be correctly cited and documented using the MLA documentation system. References to the

citation system are in the MLA tab of the Hacker textbook, The Writer’s Reference.

Requirements

1. Before handing in your final paper, you will have passed four checkpoints: (1) Narrative Essay on a

Research Topic (2) APA or MLA citation list (3) persuasive Argument Analysis essay, and (4) review of

your Research Essay draft by MyAccess and the instructor.

2. Most of your final paper should be in your own words. Do not make your final paper a simple collection

of good quotations from other sources.

3. Present opposing viewpoints (counter arguments) fairly and refute them effectively.

4. Use at least FIVE different sources by at least FIVE different authors.

5. Avoid plagiarism by handling and documenting your sources appropriately. Remember, you must either

quote your sources word for word exactly with quotation marks, or summarize or paraphrase your

sources using your own language and style. Summarizing and paraphrasing are preferred to quoting.

6. Your essay must be in either APA or MLA style: standard margins and spacing, Times New Roman with

12 point font, and a References or Works Cited page that is formatted correctly.

Approved Topics

(You are encouraged to select your own topic, such as an issue you deal with at work. To do so, check with your

instructor, who will make sure your topic is appropriate for the assignment).

1. Should students who engage in cyberbullying, even from off campus, face sanctions at school?

2. Was the Supreme Court’s decision in Kelo vs. New London the correct one? (Eminent Domain)

3. Should other states adopt Oregon’s “Death with Dignity Act” or similar legislation?

4. Should college athletes be paid to play?

5. Are the current methods employed in security lines at airports by the TSA effective?

6. Are video games making children smarter?

7. Should there be a law that prohibits paparazzi from taking and/or selling photos of the children of

famous parents?

8. Is nuclear power a safe form of energy?

9. Should the minimum wage be raised in your state?

10. Should “stand your ground” laws be introduced in other states?

Why Are Collegiate Athletes Not Officially Payed

By Anthony Jackson

As I am watching college football on TV, I wonder, why it is that collegiate athletes don’t get paid by their schools to play on their teams. Athletes bring in an enormous amount of revenue for colleges throughout the year via merchandise sales (a player’s name on a jersey, for example) and other commercial items for the school. Plus, they bring in a large number of fans through selling tickets which in turn fills up stadiums with eager followers, selling drinks and other vending items. College games are quite a big investment reaping even bigger bucks. College athletes bring in a lot of contribution to the board while receiving very little in return, though. Athletic scholarships aren’t nearly as close to the profits the school is making off the athletes. I don’t understand why colleges and universities don’t pay the athletic students a monthly allowance. The player loses out long term. I fully support the athletes receiving some of the profits that colleges make off of them and I hope to find the answer as to why they aren’t paid to play.

Many athletes have to get part times jobs to feed themselves and to pay for other necessities which their scholarships can’t afford to cover. Scholarships are mostly meant for full-time classes, textbooks, and a basic college dorm room. Some players even have families to take care. With no real funds from the school, the student will definitely have to resort to a part time job which will only put more stress on his/her studies and his/her athletic career. Working, playing a collegiate sport, going to school, and taking care of a family is an intense workload to put on a young, bright athlete. They may get burnt out and end up leaving the team or even dropping out of the school because of finances or stress.

In the past, players have had to resort to criminal activities or the acceptance of bribes from outside parties in order to make money. While these players are barely scraping by or having to resort to other means to earn a living, the schools are making a significant amount of money off of these athletes’ names and talent. What does it take for these colleges to realize that without these players, they wouldn’t be making as much money as they would with them as their players? The schools should be giving and fair and give out a stipend to these students to make their lives a little easier.

Giving players an allowance would increase the team’s retention rate for players, as well. Think of the player as an investment. The school would offer the student a scholarship to play on their team. The school will dish out a big chunk of money for that student to attend for the term of their program. Now, if the student realizes that they can’t afford to be a collegiate athlete anymore and that they have to drop out in order to survive financially, the school is out of the money. The school also has to give a scholarship to someone else in order to fill the empty spot, in turn giving out another scholarship.

Some could pose the argument that if we were to pay the players, how would we make their compensation fair compared to other players and to the school? This is an easy argument to break, though, considering our government and successful companies do this daily. They determine what a good starting amount would be based on skill level and experience. The idea could also be posed that if the school begins paying its players, the players may never go to class. That’s easy, though. If the school were to take away their stipend and bench them for excessive absences in their attendance record as well as unsatisfactory grades, the students will easily straighten up their act. It’s like grounding a teenager and taking away the things they like most. That method has been used for years because it works. The board could entice students with a raise based on good conduct, grades, and effort on the team. The board could also entice the students to keep their stipend by acting appropriately in academics, morality, and physically on the field/court.

Most college’s staff, sports organizations, and other students would argue that the athletes may get free education for four years because of an athletic scholarship. If colleges start paying athletes, then the player wouldn’t be there solely to receive an education. They would have a legitimately legal job. Coupled with this idea, we can argue that if college athletes were paid, the already excessively competitive challenge of being picked up by a scout would only increase. The school would have even better and more motivated players. The athletes are assumingly grateful for their opportunity to be a famed collegiate athlete and the school appreciates their hard labor but isn’t it only fair to pay them in more than just appreciation? If we were to compare the numbers of what an athlete is worth, what they bring in each year for the school, and how much they actually get for their scholarship, we would be dumbfounded at how much they are just settling for.

I need to do some research on how these schools operate financially and how they spend the profits they earn from the sports so that I may fully understand every angle of this problem. Does it go straight back into the program to pay the staff or does it help pay for various things throughout the school? How much do the players really make for the schools and why do the school heads not mandate a stipend for the school’s biggest investments? Ultimately, I’ve concluded that these players have a unique skill set which is very valuable to them and to the school. This skill set and the effort put into their sport should be rewarded based on a fair morality. Paying athletes has several positive perspectives and arguments cementing my belief in giving players a stipend to make them more comfortable and to ensure the success in the school and on the field.

Assignment Two: References Page or Works Cited List

There are two parts to this assignment.

The first is a list of five sources you will use in Assignment Four: Research Essay. The second is a

demonstration of in-text citation.

Source List

As one of your assignments for the research paper, you will be composing a References page (APA) or a

Works Cited List (MLA). This is a list of the secondary sources you will use in your research paper, and

you will choose which system you wish to use.

Each kind of source requires a slightly different form of citation. Books are different from journal

articles. Journal articles are different from web resources. Web resources are different than articles

from an online database such as those found in the Leatherby Library.

Nobody expects you to memorize each type of citation. You should, however, be able to use the style

guides effectively. Your Hacker handbook has sections on both systems and you can also access them

online at Purdue’s Online Writing Lab (OWL):

APA: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/10/

MLA: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

For your list, you will need to cite five sources. Of these, no more than two may be webpages, and even

those must be from experts (The Mayo Clinic, for example). You may use articles from the Leatherby

Library databases, books, journals, or interviews with experts in the field. You may find other, better

sources as your work continues, and it is perfectly acceptable for you to remove less useful sources and

add new ones. However, you will need to accurately use the citation format you choose, and this

assignment will give you practice and feedback.

In-Text Citation

Using either the APA-4 or MLA-4 section of your Hacker handbook, select one passage from Anna

Quindlen’s essay, which was published in Newsweek on November 4, 2001.

1. Copy and paste the passage, quote it, and use the appropriate in-text citation.

2. Summarize the passage in your own words and use the appropriate in-text citation.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/10/

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Anthony Jackson

Amy Durkin

English 103

15APR18

Pay the Athletes

Reading “College athletes deserve to be paid” by Micheal Wilbon, Wilbon questions the National Collegiate Athletic Association(NCAA) creditable for not paying the athletes some compensation. Wilbon explains to his audience (sports fans and other athletes) that he understands there are a lot of issues that will come if the National Collegiate Athletic Association or the colleges themselves started to paying players. While some sports have more coverage than other, how would the school explain to individual sports, why they are given more money to one sport or athlete than the other. He describes it would all be about the fan base and which sport brings in the most revenue, for example, which team brings in more money the basketball team or the hockey team? Without a doubt, the basketball team will at the end of the day due to its large fan base. With that statement alone who can doubt his claim, its plain facts. At the same time, he thinks a player should be able to make their deals on the side for extra money as well. If a player can get paid to speak at an event for certain money then why not? People are quick to argue against a player, stating that the athlete should focus on school and the love of the game, but if a nonsport student wants to tutor on the side for money, no one would say a word. Athletes and nonathlete have the right to make money how they see fit. This article gives a great example of what the National Collegiate Athletic Association could do to pay the athlete or what the National Collegiate Athletic Association should allow the athletes to do on their own time, earning money.

Wilbon uses Logos appeal in his article, a reader can agree to logicalness behind his examples on how to pay the players. If the National Collegiate Athletic Association is making “$11 billion deal — OK, it’s $10.8 billion to be exact — ” with” CBS/Turner Sports for March Madness between 2011 and 2024. We’re talking $11 billion for three weekends of television per year. On top of that, there’s a new four-year deal with ESPN that pays the BCS $500 million” where is all the money going?(Wilbon) As a reader you can understand why Wilbon said this in his article, to give you an idea of how much money is earned off these athletes. It is ridiculous to believe that a Tuition, room, board, and books were compensation enough. While there might be programs for the athlete to use for “cover clothing purchases, emergency travel, and medical expenses” With is you can agree with Wilbon, that a player is worth a lot more. If ” somebody is willing to give A.J. Green $750 or $1,000 or even $2,500 for his Georgia Bulldogs jersey, fine, good”.(Wilbon)

As a well-renown professor in your college, you think you would make as much as a sports coach or more for teaching future entrepreneurs, etc. Well, think again, “The most distinguished professor at the University of Alabama won’t make $5.9 million in entire tenure in Tuscaloosa; Nick Saban will make that this year.”(Wilbon) How is that a sports coach is making more than a teacher? They practically do the same job, they both teach their students some lesson. Whether it be on how to grow a business in this economy or to catch a football. Why is that Saban is getting paid so much? Because the athletes are playing the sport, the coaches and winning. If the team he coaching was losing, would get he get paid the same amount? It is the athletes that performed and do the work, but the coaches are the ones receiving the benefit of the winnings. One way you can play the athletes is cut that 5.9 million dollar salary and make it 3.9 million. Then athletes can receive 2 million dollars for there hard work, which can be spread thought out the year.

National Collegiate Athletic Association gave us the excuse for not paying the athletes is “inability to distribute the funds equally.” While the deal with BCS and ESPN was “based, in part, on paying more money to schools/conferences” and of that “$174 million distributed from five bowl games, 83.4 percent went to six conferences in 2011”.(Wilbon) Wilbon is informing the audience in on how the National Collegiate Athletic Association is “Fairly” distributing their funds out the evening, while the five other conferences receive only 16.6 percent of the 174 million dollars. As a reader, you can get the sense is that the six conferences that winning most of the earning is because they brought in the most revenue. Who did all the work? The athletes. Who is receiving all the benefits? The college themselves.

As some people might now like the ideas or proof that Wilson has shown, people still can’t the denied the facts. Wilbon uses to be on the same side with those oppose students. Stating that he thought “vehemently against paying college athletes. Tuition, room, board and books were compensation enough”. Wilbon understands that it would be difficult to pay athletes but at the same time he states” the students who play for revenue-producing teams (at UConn and the University of Tennessee, this would include the women’s basketball teams) on how compensated from the lucrative television/radio/Internet rights fees they make wholly possible.” Wilbon demonstrates that with all the deals that National Collegiate Athletic Association is doing, there could be more for the athletes instead of saying the scholarship is enough compensation.

From the Article “College athletes deserve to be paid” I believe the Author Micheal Wilbon, did an excellent job of describing how NCAA should pay their athletes. Wilbon gives his opinion both sides of the matter and explains that the athlete should at least play some player but not all. I couldn’t agree more with the example he displays and uses.

work cited page

Wilbon, Micheal.”College athletes deserve to be paid”. ESPN. 2011.Web

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“Parents face a series of unique new challenges in this more egalitarian world, not the least of which would be sending a daughter off to war. But parents all over this country are doing that right now, with daughters who enlisted; some have even expressed surprise that young women, in this day and age, are not required to register alongside their brothers and friends. While all involved in this debate over the years have invoked the assumed opposition of the people, even 10 years ago, more than half of all Americans polled believed women should be made eligible for the draft. Besides, this is not about comfort but about fairness. My son has to register with the Selective Service this year, and if his sister does not when she turns 18, it makes a mockery not only of the standards of this household but of the standards of this nation.”

-Anna Quindlen

Selective service

As parents, raising your children, you want to treat them with the same fairness and give both the same opportunities regardless of sex. As your son turns 18 years old, he has to register for selective service. What about your daughter? Quindlen believes it is a “mockery not only of the standards” of a household “but of the standards of this nation”. Also, Quindlen stated, “ten years ago stating that more than half of all Americans polled believed women should be made eligible for the draft.” So why has this not been done yet? With more and more woman enlisting, it is time to stop fearing opposition and start allowing women to be drafted for selective service.

Works Cited

ANNA QUINDLEN. UNCLE SAM AND AUNT SAMANTHA. NEWSWEEK, 2001. Print

Research resources for research topic

EDELMAN, MARC. Boston College Law Review. 2017, Vol. 58 Issue 4, p1137-1168. 32p. , Database: Criminal Justice Abstracts

John S Kiernan. Should College Athletes Be Paid? Experts Weigh In. WalletHub. 2016. web

Rachael Marcus. In: ABA Journal. 99(7):15-19; American Bar Association, 2013. Language: English, Database: JSTOR Journals

Raman Mama. Viewpoint: College athletes should be paid.usatodaycollege.2016.web

Smith, Ronald A. Series: Sport and Society. Urbana : University of Illinois Press. 2011. eBook., Database: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)