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Title: Playing College Sports: A long, tough job
Author: Chris Isidore
Host: CNN Money
Author Credentials: Titled as a Senior Writer for CNN Money which means he has been with the website for awhile.
Has been professionally writing since 1983 and graduated from University of Chicago
Source Target Audience: People in the business world, economists, college athletes, colleges, the NCAA. The website is a common news outlet CNN, but it is the Money section, which only reports on articles that have to do with money. It is also talking about college athletes, so college athletes would want to read this, especially if they thought they should be paid.
Main Purpose: The main purpose of this article is to show how hard college athletes work, and how they deserve to get paid because of their "full time job." The article sites how college athletes devote around 40-50 hours a week to their sport. Also, their title clearly states their stance on how being a student athlete is a "tough job"
Contextual Reliability: This source is a good fit for this project because it is an accurate counter argument because it is from a credible source (CNN Money), and it also gets quoted by the NLBR who does the research.
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Title: Let's Not Pay College Athletes
Author: Howard Chudacoff
Host: The Wall Street Journal
Author Credentials: Got his B.A. M.A. and PhD at the University of Chicago, he is a famous published author, and he is a professor of Urban Studies at Brown University
Source Target Audience: The Wall Street Journal is a fairly moderate news outlet, it leans slightly more right, but I think it is moderate. This source targets middle age to older adults that want to know the news. This article is in the opinions piece, so it would draw in more people who want to maybe learn more about the opposing side, or to confirm their own beliefs.
Main Purpose: The main purpose of this article is to state why student athletes shouldn't get paid and to inform people on all of the special treatment that the athletes get. It also lists why the NCAA doesn't need to pay the athletes and why they are compensated enough already.
Contextual Reliability: The Wall Street Journal is a very credible source, it has many Pulitzer prizes and is a great news outlet. This article also sites many schools and lists their resources for each of the athletes. This helps the reader realize the special treatment that the athletes get.
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Title: When Colleges Recruit Athletes, Everyone Loses
Author: Frederick E. Allen
Host: Forbes
Author Credentials: Mr. Allen is the Leadership Editor of Forbes since 2008, and before that he was a senior editor there. He graduated from Harvard University (which we all know how prestigious that school is), and he has been working as a writer ever since.
Source Target Audience: Forbes' target audience is a business and finance based website. When you think of Forbes, you think of wealthy people or money in general. I knew that they talked about business, but they also focus on technology and the stock market. I think that because of their target audience to people who care about money, this article fits well there and it can find a lot of people.
Main Purpose: This article is basically a narrative of a high school senior from a private school in Colorado, talking about his athletic hopes to attend Princeton. However, he talks about how athletics are highly overrated when coming to admission and how they are extremely time consuming and stressful.
Contextual Reliability: This article is a narrative of a young boy and his views on acceptance into colleges when considering academics vs. athletics. I think that the personal story really brings credibility. It also helps the reader relate, especially if the reader is younger. Forbes.com is also very prestigious and well known. It is one of the top business and financial news outlets in the world and has a very high credibility.
Title: When Colleges Recruit Athletes, Everyone Loses
Author: Frederick E. Allen
Host: Forbes
Author Credentials: Mr. Allen is the Leadership Editor of Forbes since 2008, and before that he was a senior editor there. He graduated from Harvard University (which we all know how prestigious that school is), and he has been working as a writer ever since.
Source Target Audience: Forbes' target audience is a business and finance based website. When you think of Forbes, you think of wealthy people or money in general. I knew that they talked about business, but they also focus on technology and the stock market. I think that because of their target audience to people who care about money, this article fits well there and it can find a lot of people.
Main Purpose: This article is basically a narrative of a high school senior from a private school in Colorado, talking about his athletic hopes to attend Princeton. However, he talks about how athletics are highly overrated when coming to admission and how they are extremely time consuming and stressful.
Contextual Reliability: This article is a narrative of a young boy and his views on acceptance into colleges when considering academics vs. athletics. I think that the personal story really brings credibility. It also helps the reader relate, especially if the reader is younger. Forbes.com is also very prestigious and well known. It is one of the top business and financial news outlets in the world and has a very high credibility.
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Title: In College Admissions, Athletes Are the Problem
Author: Michele Hernandez
Host: The New York Times
Author Credentials: Mrs. Hernandez is a admissions officer at Dartmouth College and is a published author of four books on College Admissions. She is currently the president of Hernandez College Consulting and Application Bootcamp. She knows a lot about admission and how athletics are a huge factor in deciding who gets in.
Source Target Audience: The New York Times is a very well known news outlet. It's target audience is more liberally based, but it isn't that far from being moderate. On the same page as the article, there are related links and they are about Ivy League schools and admittance. The source in general is targeted towards people who want to hear news (25-60), but this page is directed more towards people interested in college.
Main Purpose: The main purpose of this article is to inform people of how many athletic students colleges admit as opposed to regular students. It states that a school with a 15% acceptance rate, the student athletes will get in at around 80%. So just because they are an athlete, they can get in way easier, even if they don't have the grades.
Contextual Reliability: The New York Times is highly respected and well known, when it is posted on a well known website, the articles have a higher expectation. Also, this article has many comments that have people's opinions and how they agree with the article or how they disagree with the opinion but not the facts.
Title: In College Admissions, Athletes Are the Problem
Author: Michele Hernandez
Host: The New York Times
Author Credentials: Mrs. Hernandez is a admissions officer at Dartmouth College and is a published author of four books on College Admissions. She is currently the president of Hernandez College Consulting and Application Bootcamp. She knows a lot about admission and how athletics are a huge factor in deciding who gets in.
Source Target Audience: The New York Times is a very well known news outlet. It's target audience is more liberally based, but it isn't that far from being moderate. On the same page as the article, there are related links and they are about Ivy League schools and admittance. The source in general is targeted towards people who want to hear news (25-60), but this page is directed more towards people interested in college.
Main Purpose: The main purpose of this article is to inform people of how many athletic students colleges admit as opposed to regular students. It states that a school with a 15% acceptance rate, the student athletes will get in at around 80%. So just because they are an athlete, they can get in way easier, even if they don't have the grades.
Contextual Reliability: The New York Times is highly respected and well known, when it is posted on a well known website, the articles have a higher expectation. Also, this article has many comments that have people's opinions and how they agree with the article or how they disagree with the opinion but not the facts.
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Title: NCAA prez: Why College Athletes don't need paychecks
Author: Jeff Morganteen
Host: CNBC
Author Credentials: Jeff Morganteen, graduated from Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism. He is a video news editor at CNBC.com and he previously worked at Stamford Advocate and has won many awards. His awards and where he graduated from really show that he worked hard to get to where he is today,
Source Target Audience: CNBC is a well known news site. The category this article is found under is College Sports, so this targets people who are interested in news that talks about college sports. Something that doesn't quite go with the target audience is a Pantene hair commercial, yes, all people have hair, but it is a weird commercial to be on a sports article. Also, they don't have a sports column that is easily accessible, so this article may be hard to stumble upon.
Main Purpose: This article is a video of an interview of the NCAA's President about why student athletes don't need a paycheck. The video of the President really helps people understand the stance of the NCAA on the issue. The article also talks about how they NCAA doesn't want to pay the athletes because they are in college to get a degree, so an all expense paid for college experience is much more helpful to their future than a paycheck.
Contextual Reliability: The host CNBC, is a really good resource because they are pretty unbiased, especially on sports. Also, having someone, like the president of the NCAA there to present their ideas and their stance, really gives the article credibility because it is a video recording of what the person thinks.
Title: NCAA prez: Why College Athletes don't need paychecks
Author: Jeff Morganteen
Host: CNBC
Author Credentials: Jeff Morganteen, graduated from Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism. He is a video news editor at CNBC.com and he previously worked at Stamford Advocate and has won many awards. His awards and where he graduated from really show that he worked hard to get to where he is today,
Source Target Audience: CNBC is a well known news site. The category this article is found under is College Sports, so this targets people who are interested in news that talks about college sports. Something that doesn't quite go with the target audience is a Pantene hair commercial, yes, all people have hair, but it is a weird commercial to be on a sports article. Also, they don't have a sports column that is easily accessible, so this article may be hard to stumble upon.
Main Purpose: This article is a video of an interview of the NCAA's President about why student athletes don't need a paycheck. The video of the President really helps people understand the stance of the NCAA on the issue. The article also talks about how they NCAA doesn't want to pay the athletes because they are in college to get a degree, so an all expense paid for college experience is much more helpful to their future than a paycheck.
Contextual Reliability: The host CNBC, is a really good resource because they are pretty unbiased, especially on sports. Also, having someone, like the president of the NCAA there to present their ideas and their stance, really gives the article credibility because it is a video recording of what the person thinks.
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Title: Pay College Athletes? They're Already Getting Paid Up To $125,000 Per Year.
Author: Jeffery Dorfman
Host: This article is found on Forbes.com
Author Credentials: Jeffery is a professor at the University of Georgia and he is an economic consultant. He is a professor and to be a consultant on anything, you must have a good background and understanding of the subject.
Source Target Audience: Forbes' target audience is a business and finance based website. When you think of Forbes, you think of wealthy people or money in general. I knew that they talked about business, but they also focus on technology and the stock market. I think that because of their target audience to people who care about money, this article fits well there and it can find a lot of people. Forbes is a source that talks a lot about money, on the website, you can find many different $ signs and articles that concern themselves with money, business, or economics of sorts.
Main Purpose: The main purpose of this article is to explain why student athletes don't need another paycheck. It explains how much they get in scholarship, as well as other expenses like room and board, clothing, tutoring, training, and miscellaneous items. The article also talks about the problem of a payment plan for athletes, like who decides how much money they make and what their credentials would be.
Contextual Reliability: This article is an opinions piece, I think that it being written by an economic consultant really gives it credibility because he states the main economic issues with paying student athletes, and also, Forbes is a very well known and respected news source, not just anyone can be published there.
Title: Pay College Athletes? They're Already Getting Paid Up To $125,000 Per Year.
Author: Jeffery Dorfman
Host: This article is found on Forbes.com
Author Credentials: Jeffery is a professor at the University of Georgia and he is an economic consultant. He is a professor and to be a consultant on anything, you must have a good background and understanding of the subject.
Source Target Audience: Forbes' target audience is a business and finance based website. When you think of Forbes, you think of wealthy people or money in general. I knew that they talked about business, but they also focus on technology and the stock market. I think that because of their target audience to people who care about money, this article fits well there and it can find a lot of people. Forbes is a source that talks a lot about money, on the website, you can find many different $ signs and articles that concern themselves with money, business, or economics of sorts.
Main Purpose: The main purpose of this article is to explain why student athletes don't need another paycheck. It explains how much they get in scholarship, as well as other expenses like room and board, clothing, tutoring, training, and miscellaneous items. The article also talks about the problem of a payment plan for athletes, like who decides how much money they make and what their credentials would be.
Contextual Reliability: This article is an opinions piece, I think that it being written by an economic consultant really gives it credibility because he states the main economic issues with paying student athletes, and also, Forbes is a very well known and respected news source, not just anyone can be published there.
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Title: Penn State Athletes' perks include scholarship, housing, food entertainment
Author: Anna Orso
Host: Penn Live (Penn State's News)
Author Credentials: Anna graduated from Penn State University, and is still a reporter for them today, she also has worked for the Pittsburg Tribunal and covered the Jerry Sandusky scandal when it happened.
Source Target Audience: Penn Live is mostly a news outlet for Penn State students or Alumni, or people interested in Penn State. This is obvious because it is the school's website and news outlet and the article is about Penn State.
Main Purpose: The main purpose of this article is to tell readers about the perks of being an athlete at Penn State. The article states how they receive education, medical care, tutoring, housing, food, gear, training, student assistance fund, and other misc.
Contextual Reliability: Well, for an article featured in the Penn State news article, that is written about Penn State athletes, and is written by a Penn State graduate, it is very informative, and tells people exactly what the athletes are getting. I think that being written about something that the author can easily gan access to, makes it very credible.
Title: Penn State Athletes' perks include scholarship, housing, food entertainment
Author: Anna Orso
Host: Penn Live (Penn State's News)
Author Credentials: Anna graduated from Penn State University, and is still a reporter for them today, she also has worked for the Pittsburg Tribunal and covered the Jerry Sandusky scandal when it happened.
Source Target Audience: Penn Live is mostly a news outlet for Penn State students or Alumni, or people interested in Penn State. This is obvious because it is the school's website and news outlet and the article is about Penn State.
Main Purpose: The main purpose of this article is to tell readers about the perks of being an athlete at Penn State. The article states how they receive education, medical care, tutoring, housing, food, gear, training, student assistance fund, and other misc.
Contextual Reliability: Well, for an article featured in the Penn State news article, that is written about Penn State athletes, and is written by a Penn State graduate, it is very informative, and tells people exactly what the athletes are getting. I think that being written about something that the author can easily gan access to, makes it very credible.
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Title: Most NCAA Division 1 Athletic Departments Take Subsidies
Author: Steve Berkowitz
Host: USA Today
Author Credentials: Steve is a projects/database reporter and editor. I couldn't find much about his background, but he is featured in many articles as a source, and has written quite a few for USA Today.
Source Target Audience: USA Today is a news database that targets people in the US who wants to know what is currently happening. This article is found in the sports section and it's related articles are about sports, also, it's advertisements are manly and focus on sports and cars. This articles target audience is for people who are interested in collegiate spending and revenue from athletics.
Main Purpose: The main purpose of this article is to inform people that even though it looks like schools are bringing in a lot of money from sports, they aren't profitable. just 21 of the 238 NCAA Div 1 schools generated enough money to cover their own expenses. Even though a lot is being brought in, it takes a lot of money to run a college.
Contextual Reliability: USA Today Sport's Section is a great way to find this article, it is easy to navigate and it has many comments which mean many people have read it. It also cites NCAA studies, and links to other schools to show their revenues, profits, and subsidies.
Title: Most NCAA Division 1 Athletic Departments Take Subsidies
Author: Steve Berkowitz
Host: USA Today
Author Credentials: Steve is a projects/database reporter and editor. I couldn't find much about his background, but he is featured in many articles as a source, and has written quite a few for USA Today.
Source Target Audience: USA Today is a news database that targets people in the US who wants to know what is currently happening. This article is found in the sports section and it's related articles are about sports, also, it's advertisements are manly and focus on sports and cars. This articles target audience is for people who are interested in collegiate spending and revenue from athletics.
Main Purpose: The main purpose of this article is to inform people that even though it looks like schools are bringing in a lot of money from sports, they aren't profitable. just 21 of the 238 NCAA Div 1 schools generated enough money to cover their own expenses. Even though a lot is being brought in, it takes a lot of money to run a college.
Contextual Reliability: USA Today Sport's Section is a great way to find this article, it is easy to navigate and it has many comments which mean many people have read it. It also cites NCAA studies, and links to other schools to show their revenues, profits, and subsidies.
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Title: 8 NCAA Football and Basketball Player Perks that Will Make You Shake Your Head.
Author: Henry Mckenna
Host: Bro Bible
Author Credentials: Henry went to Colorado College and has since worked at Bro Bible and at Boston Globe Media where he is a Sports and Social News Writer.
Source Target Audience: The sources target audience is men. I feel like I am getting that vibe from the fact that it is called Bro Bible, but it might just be me. What do men like? Sports. What is this article about? Sports. Yay, a perfect match! This source caters towards men and has manly subheads like; brotips, gear, sports, guyism, girls, and college.
Main Purpose: The main purpose of this article is to show different facilities that have insanely awesome perks for student athletes. It has videos that give tours of places like the Ohio State weight room, and it has lists of what athletes can get and explains them more.
Contextual Reliability: This website has links to tweets that were tweeted by athletes that show some of their perks. It also has many different sources that are linked in so that their information can easily be backed up and verified.
Title: 8 NCAA Football and Basketball Player Perks that Will Make You Shake Your Head.
Author: Henry Mckenna
Host: Bro Bible
Author Credentials: Henry went to Colorado College and has since worked at Bro Bible and at Boston Globe Media where he is a Sports and Social News Writer.
Source Target Audience: The sources target audience is men. I feel like I am getting that vibe from the fact that it is called Bro Bible, but it might just be me. What do men like? Sports. What is this article about? Sports. Yay, a perfect match! This source caters towards men and has manly subheads like; brotips, gear, sports, guyism, girls, and college.
Main Purpose: The main purpose of this article is to show different facilities that have insanely awesome perks for student athletes. It has videos that give tours of places like the Ohio State weight room, and it has lists of what athletes can get and explains them more.
Contextual Reliability: This website has links to tweets that were tweeted by athletes that show some of their perks. It also has many different sources that are linked in so that their information can easily be backed up and verified.
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Title: Court Shuts Down Plan To Pay Athletes, Says NCAA Violates Antitrust Laws.
Author: Jon Solomon
Host: CBSSports
Author Credentials: Jon Solomon is a National College Football Writer for CBS Sports and occasionally ESPN
Source Target Audience: The target audience of this source is definitely people who want to know about sports. The whole website is devoted to sports and has tabs for NCAA, Rankings, Standings, and Schedules of different teams. This article's specific target audience is of people who were interested in the NCAA and their current lawsuits.
Main Purpose: The main purpose of this article is to explain how the court doesn't allow student athletes to get paid. The courts say that the NCAA rules restricting pay to college athletes violates anti trust laws, but also said that a judge wrongly allowed players to be paid up to $5000, per year in deferred compensation. There was a court case (Ed O'Bannon) that advocated for the payment of college athletes at least after they finished playing, if the NCAA wanted to use their image. The courts ruled that the NCAA violates anti trust laws by not allowing college to pay their athletes, but they wrongly ruled that the athletes could get money once they graduated.
Contextual Reliability: This is a great source for an article like this because it is all about sports. If you want to read up on sports, this or ESPN is the place to be. Also, at the beginning of the article, there is a video that explains the O'Bannon Ruling so this helps the credibility by explaining what happened and then going into the new issue.
Title: Court Shuts Down Plan To Pay Athletes, Says NCAA Violates Antitrust Laws.
Author: Jon Solomon
Host: CBSSports
Author Credentials: Jon Solomon is a National College Football Writer for CBS Sports and occasionally ESPN
Source Target Audience: The target audience of this source is definitely people who want to know about sports. The whole website is devoted to sports and has tabs for NCAA, Rankings, Standings, and Schedules of different teams. This article's specific target audience is of people who were interested in the NCAA and their current lawsuits.
Main Purpose: The main purpose of this article is to explain how the court doesn't allow student athletes to get paid. The courts say that the NCAA rules restricting pay to college athletes violates anti trust laws, but also said that a judge wrongly allowed players to be paid up to $5000, per year in deferred compensation. There was a court case (Ed O'Bannon) that advocated for the payment of college athletes at least after they finished playing, if the NCAA wanted to use their image. The courts ruled that the NCAA violates anti trust laws by not allowing college to pay their athletes, but they wrongly ruled that the athletes could get money once they graduated.
Contextual Reliability: This is a great source for an article like this because it is all about sports. If you want to read up on sports, this or ESPN is the place to be. Also, at the beginning of the article, there is a video that explains the O'Bannon Ruling so this helps the credibility by explaining what happened and then going into the new issue.
Jianna I think your research report is really good! You did a really good job with the hyperlinking. Each section is incredibly detailed and you really seem to know what you're doing. Your plan seems to be well thought out and it looks like you worked really hard on this research report finding items that are reliable sources of information for your project. Your diverse range of websites also seems like it is very credible and you have a good amount of information so that you have a lot of information to get your argument cited well. The only thing that I would add is a little but more information about the authors so that you 100% know that your sources are credible.
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