AttorneyJeffery Kessler,FMR. NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue” CNN: Should college athletes be paid to play?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z0_DCollSY

 

In the short documentary that I watched called ”Should college athletes be paid?”It gives two different points of view from Attorney Jeffrey Kessler and FMR. NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue. Attorney Jeffrey Kessler says that college athletes are basically pro athletes that work without payment, and he believes this is not fair nor is it the right way to go about college sports. Meanwhile former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue stated that he believes that with athletes getting paid that the efforts being put into the sports with decrees and students will just play for money. But I’d have to agree with Attorney Jeffrey Kessler saying that money will not only encourage them to play harder as a college athlete but it will help increase the college athlete graduation rate. He states the cause of college athletes going pro and not finishing their education is due to the fact that they aren’t getting paid. A primary example of this is pro basketball player Dominique Wilkins. He spent 3 years in college and dropped out on his last year as soon as he got the offer to go pro. Dominique Wilkins then explained to the public he dropped out because he was struggling financially and he could not wait to get paid. In my opinion, this short documentary was made to inform people of this issue regarding college athletes and show how the obvious solution will positively affect not only the athletes in terms of sports but also in terms of studies as well. I believe this is a credible source because it is backed by CNN. CNN is well known for giving out important and reliable news. I believe that this short documentary was a great choice for this information. I believe so because not only was it short and informative but it also gave the perspective of the opposing opinion that money should be funded for only tuition and still showed how the payment of college athletes in cash would benefit the players financially and help them complete their college education and graduate. A key quote that I had heard in this short documentary was when Jeffrey Kessler (the attorney) stated “Education took a backseat to   profits a long time ago, there is nothing pure and there is not good intent when it come s to the lack of payment with the players this is a business and like many businesses the goal for them to to get as much money as possible.” I believe this a key quote because this quote sums up the whole video in its simplest form.

KarenWeaverContributo If College Athletes Return, Who Will Pay The Medical Bills?Apr 20, 2020,01:00pm

https://www.forbes.com/sites/karenweaver/2020/04/20/if-college-athletes-return-who-will-pay-the-medical-bills/?sh=25157d6f7752

 

In the narrative “If College Athletes Return, Who Will Pay The Medical Bills?”The main point that Karen Weaver is trying to make is that athletes should be paid for the work that they put in, if an athlete gets injured while paying and needs immediate medical attention they are sent to the hospital and after they are taken care of that hospital bill is going directly to either them or their parents. Injury bills are very expensive and if that student lives by themselves not only will it be hard to handle such a situation without a source of payment, but these players are putting their all into the sport and this sometimes can lead to critically life-changing injuries and barely get anything in return. She comes to this conclusion when stating “He injured his knee badly on the course and was writhing in pain. Fortunately, the host school had an ambulance on-site, and after they stabilized him, he was told they wanted to take him to the nearest hospital for further examination. He called his family. They told him because he was outside of their health network, they could not afford for him to get the treatment he needed. He was told to get out of the ambulance and take the team bus home to get treatment. It was crushing to see how much pain he was in, and a devastating reminder of the complexities of managing athlete health care in today’s world.” This statement shows the insignificance of college athletes not being able to afford medical attention. A D1 athlete was in agonizing pain and was unable to enter the ambulance because he was outside of their health network and nor could he afford his own. Personally, I feel that this narrative is a great source not only does the author give her contact information but she also uses a personal experience and story of a young man to help get the importance of her point across to the audience. In terms of writing style I believe that writing a narrative was one of the best approaches that could’ve been taken toward this issue. I believe so because there is storytelling behind the point that is trying to be put across and the story helps the audience visualize what is wrong with the actions that have been going on so in this case the lack of payment towards college athletes.