- I do not believe her proposed solution is very controversial. Her argument is sound and it makes sense. I am someone with a lot of knowledge about college sports, but I still know people who do not. I do not think many would argue with Sally’s claim that college sports can be treated like a tumor instead of a career for aspiring athletes. Anyone who is a fan of sports would almost for sure agree with her. Those who would not agree are most likely those with highly respected medical or law degrees, who might feel insulted that someone playing a sport can earn more than them, and if college sports was valued for the multi-billion dollar industry it is, they may feel left out or underappreciated.
Claim: College athletics are undervalued, and student athletes should have the option to fully pursue an athletic career
Reason: Practicing and studying sports is no different than theatre, art or music, but not given its own major
Evidence: Not every theater and music student is going to land the big successful job they hope for, its an art they are studying in hopes to make a career out of it, college athletes are no different
Reason: College athletes can go off to have a rich, successful athletic career, yet have no major options in college
Evidence: College athletes go off to make millions in a sporting career, yet in college they were almost encouraged to put that desire to the side in favor of their academic major
- According to his argument, the value of a college degree had gone down because the rising of the cost, and the new alternative options to a college degree are challenging the traditional value. GED students are becoming successful with hard work, even those without degrees. The competitiveness of the job market leaves some college students with degrees jobless. Today you can find those with a degree and a bunch of debt working right next to someone with no degree and no debt. The extent that college students can determine the financial payoff is first, their salary and how quick they can pay off their debt, and second, are the people they work with of a similar degree. If they are working with people with no degrees, their degree and financial payment may not have been worth it.
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