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English 1301 - Dr. B. Should College Football Be Banned
College football is expressed as unnecessary violence. This has been an argument since football was adopted to college in the late 1800s that has led to a talk about banning America’s past time. Ted Miller attempts to show how college football could never become dangerous enough to mention the term “ban” along with college football. Even though Ted Miller's, “Should college football be banned”, he fails to defend the subject that college football, as harmful as it may seem, is worth it to many male students.
“College football is too dangerous, college football subtracts from the academic mission of a university it's hopelessly corrupt there's too much money involved, …show more content…
Gladwell states how most head injuries that occur in the sport of football are suffered by college athletes instead of paid professionals. This is a concern. As much as people who make money off of the sport portray that football is never dangerous, major hits to the head are the most severe and common injury. I agree that Miller states, “there is reason to be optimistic that football can be made safer.” Another good point that Miller claims is how do we talk about banning college football for its dangers on the body, and we don’t ban dangers that anybody could obtain. He states, “Perhaps it's a facile point, but we could make American better by banning a lot of popular things: cigarettes, booze, fast food, sugar and reality TV.” Banning these things would not be “American”, but taking college football away from …show more content…
He uses pathos to appeal to college athletes. How would you react if you were a male student football athlete and a discussion of banning the sport that pays for you school was gaining strong attention? The logistics of this debate make us wonder if it is worth it? Is it worth putting these male college athletes in danger after so many head injuries occur to them? Miller uses the statistic that most head injuries happen on a collegiate level instead of a professional level. Something that miller fails to complete; is convincing his audience in order to appeal in his ethos. He never really persuades me that he believes college football should not be banned because he was involved in the sport. He failed on putting his heart into the article and tell us why the good of this sport, truly outweigh the
English 1301 - Dr. B. Should College Football Be Banned
College football is expressed as unnecessary violence. This has been an argument since football was adopted to college in the late 1800s that has led to a talk about banning America’s past time. Ted Miller attempts to show how college football could never become dangerous enough to mention the term “ban” along with college football. Even though Ted Miller's, “Should college football be banned”, he fails to defend the subject that college football, as harmful as it may seem, is worth it to many male students.
“College football is too dangerous, college football subtracts from the academic mission of a university it's hopelessly corrupt there's too much money involved, …show more content…
Gladwell states how most head injuries that occur in the sport of football are suffered by college athletes instead of paid professionals. This is a concern. As much as people who make money off of the sport portray that football is never dangerous, major hits to the head are the most severe and common injury. I agree that Miller states, “there is reason to be optimistic that football can be made safer.” Another good point that Miller claims is how do we talk about banning college football for its dangers on the body, and we don’t ban dangers that anybody could obtain. He states, “Perhaps it's a facile point, but we could make American better by banning a lot of popular things: cigarettes, booze, fast food, sugar and reality TV.” Banning these things would not be “American”, but taking college football away from …show more content…
He uses pathos to appeal to college athletes. How would you react if you were a male student football athlete and a discussion of banning the sport that pays for you school was gaining strong attention? The logistics of this debate make us wonder if it is worth it? Is it worth putting these male college athletes in danger after so many head injuries occur to them? Miller uses the statistic that most head injuries happen on a collegiate level instead of a professional level. Something that miller fails to complete; is convincing his audience in order to appeal in his ethos. He never really persuades me that he believes college football should not be banned because he was involved in the sport. He failed on putting his heart into the article and tell us why the good of this sport, truly outweigh the