"Pro Athletes’ Salaries" & "Do Professional Athletes" #1

What does Singletary believe about the future of professional sports?

• “ultimately professional sports will fail or have to be restructured significantly” (lines 11–13)

• "The games work best when those willing to pay match up evenly with what the others have to sell" (lines 22-24)

• "Until that time, it seems fair to allocate as much as possible to the players that make the games entertaining." (lines 91-94)

• "the players are no more selfish than the owners who pay the salaries" (lines 15-16)

The claim of the argument in "Do Professional Athletes Get Paid Too Much?" is that athletes...

• receive too much money to play sports

• deserve the same salary as firefighters

• demand too much vacation time

• need to appear on fewer television shows

What is the major difference between the two articles on pro athletes' salaries?

• One author wants to play more games for fun, and the other author dislikes playing.

• They disagree that players will one day ruin the game.

• They disagree about the history of players' increasing salaries.

• They make opposite claims about athletes' salaries.

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What is the following quotation from "Pro Athletes' Salaries Aren't Overly Exorbitant?"

"...I'm moving into a very solid 'more power to 'em' position."

• a claim

• evidence

• a counterargument

• a reason

According to "Do Professional Athletes Get Paid Too Much?" young people who join the NBA draft immediately after high school are...

• destroying American society

• learning quickly that sports are expensive

• gaining valuable experience for later life

• endangering their education and careers

Compensation is

• a discipline

• a payment

• an argument

• an injury

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A dissenter is someone who

• tries to change sports

• argues with people on television

• disagrees with an opinion

• writes an opinion article

Why is Kenny Anderson used as an example of an athlete who is unable to relate to the public in "Do Pro Athletes Get Paid Too Much?"

• He continually shows himself to be ignorant during his press conferences.

• People know him really well because of his fame and popularity in recent years.

• He began a for-profit organization to earn more money rather than creating an organization to help people.

• He complained about his inability to afford insurance costs on his 8 cars.

What does Singletary say that he now realizes in "Pro Athletes' Salaries Aren't Overly Exorbitant?"

• Owners and players are selfish and want to destroy sports.

• He deserves to be paid the same as his teammates.

• He refuses to give up everything to play a professional sport.

• Advertisers are unwilling to pay athletes high salaries.

What does brevity mean?

• selfishness

• quickness

• shortness

• kindness

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