Specific Purpose: To inform my classmates about professional athletes who have served in the armed forces, and the change of views that has reduced the number of athletes that go to war.
Organizational Pattern: Comparative
Then and Now: How Athletes Fight Their Battles
Introduction
I. Attention Getter: The name Pat Tillman is very familiar to most sports fans.
A. Pat Tillman is not only recognized as a football star, but also a fallen soldier.
B. Veterans Advantage, an organization that aids veterans of the special forces wrote an article in 2002 titled When Professional Athletes Went to War.
C. Author Bernard Edelman said “When Pat Tillman, the hard-charging safety for the Arizona Cardinals, relinquished a multi-million dollar contract to …show more content…
Bad attitudes are not only allowed but supported.
1. Quality touchdown celebrations are a staple in a good receiver or running back.
2. Fines are a slap on the wrist.
3. Instead of taking action in support of his views, Colin Kaepernick is supported for using disrespect as a means of protest.
C. Pat Tillman challenged all of these norms.
1. Gary Smith, a wrote an article for Sports Illustrated in 2006 titled Remember His Name.
a. Gary writes about an interview he had with Russ Baer, one of Pat’s platoon mates while stationed over-seas (Smith, 2006).
b. Pat left behind a $3.6 million-dollar contract to join the Army as a Ranger following the events of 9/11 (Smith, 2006).
c. Pat was respectful and down to earth regardless of his reputation (Smith, 2006).
i. “Pat just had that way, with colonels and coaches and Nobel Prize winners, too, of slicing through rank and reputation, of turning every encounter into nothing more or less than two human beings talking (Smith, 2006).”
d. Pat chose to take action to support his views and fight for what he believed.
TRANSITION: In conclusion, the way athletes fight their battles now differs greatly from those who fought in World War II.
I. Professional Athletes now care more about their career, bank accounts, and image than what they believe
Organizational Pattern: Comparative
Then and Now: How Athletes Fight Their Battles
Introduction
I. Attention Getter: The name Pat Tillman is very familiar to most sports fans.
A. Pat Tillman is not only recognized as a football star, but also a fallen soldier.
B. Veterans Advantage, an organization that aids veterans of the special forces wrote an article in 2002 titled When Professional Athletes Went to War.
C. Author Bernard Edelman said “When Pat Tillman, the hard-charging safety for the Arizona Cardinals, relinquished a multi-million dollar contract to …show more content…
Bad attitudes are not only allowed but supported.
1. Quality touchdown celebrations are a staple in a good receiver or running back.
2. Fines are a slap on the wrist.
3. Instead of taking action in support of his views, Colin Kaepernick is supported for using disrespect as a means of protest.
C. Pat Tillman challenged all of these norms.
1. Gary Smith, a wrote an article for Sports Illustrated in 2006 titled Remember His Name.
a. Gary writes about an interview he had with Russ Baer, one of Pat’s platoon mates while stationed over-seas (Smith, 2006).
b. Pat left behind a $3.6 million-dollar contract to join the Army as a Ranger following the events of 9/11 (Smith, 2006).
c. Pat was respectful and down to earth regardless of his reputation (Smith, 2006).
i. “Pat just had that way, with colonels and coaches and Nobel Prize winners, too, of slicing through rank and reputation, of turning every encounter into nothing more or less than two human beings talking (Smith, 2006).”
d. Pat chose to take action to support his views and fight for what he believed.
TRANSITION: In conclusion, the way athletes fight their battles now differs greatly from those who fought in World War II.
I. Professional Athletes now care more about their career, bank accounts, and image than what they believe