Picking the Article Apart

Summary of the Article

This article is amazingly written as it gets both sides of the argument using rhetorical concepts. The strategies I will discuss that make this article great is his use of ethos,pathos, and logos.

Logos

The authors use of logos is pointed out early. When he’s talking about how much the NCAA made two years ago, he says, “The National Collegiate Athletic Association, the nonprofit organization that administers student athletics, made over $1 billion in revenue in 2017.” This provides the reader with the necessary background on the topic. It shows that the author did the research on this topic, as well. The author, also, provides an in-depth stat about how much the NCAA made two years ago. Another example of logos is when he talks about sponsorships he says, “ College athletics is less a nonprofit enterprise than an industry exploiting its workers, writes Brian Rosenberg … that universities with top teams can rake in nearly $20 million a year from Nike or Adidas sponsorships, while the athletes themselves, whose talent is what attracts such sponsorships in the first place, walk away with nothing.” This shows that college athletes bring in sponsorship, but can’t make a dime off of it. This is a good use of logos because the author provides a stat that shows college athletics could potentially make a lot of money without even playing a game.

Pathos

Bokat-Lindell use of pathos is pretty interesting. When talking to a former gymnast, he says, “Katelyn Ohashi, a former University of California, Los Angeles, gymnast, has criticized the unfairness of N.C.A.A. rules that prevented her from making any money from a video of a perfect floor routine that went viral earlier this year…Here’s the fame, but then there’s no compensation, and it’s so crazy.” The author is trying to get you to feel for her by telling her story of making a video that gained lots of attention, but she couldn’t make a dime off of the video. It’s like something you put your heart into and can’t even profit off of your hard work. Even in her statement, Ohashi, talks about how people thought she might be rich, but in reality she couldn’t do that because of the NCAA rules that hinder her from making any money.

Ethos

The authors deployment of ethos is pretty simple. As the author convinced me that he knows what he’s talking about while understanding both sides of the argument. An example would be when he talks about how athletes courting sponsors could corrupt college sports. He writes, “Removing the N.C.A.A. restrictions on endorsements would create a winner-take-all dynamic within and among universities… The best players at the best schools would reap all the benefits… while less popular sports and athletes would suffer.” This is one of the main arguments being used to go against the paying of the college athlete, and he used it to show that it would be the top athletes at the top schools first then to the rest of the school and their athletes.

What I learned

I learned that good writing should have a flow. Good writing should help the reader see the other side of the argument. I finally learned that a good writer uses rhetorical concepts to help their argument.

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