"Should top college athletes earn $800,000 a year?"

Which statement represents a central idea of the text?

• Dabo Swinney announced that he is against the idea of professionalizing college athletics, even after a Supreme Court battle.

• Most people do not agree with the new NCAA rule that allows student athletes to earn money from their names, images, and likeness.

• After a Supreme Court battle, the NCAA changed its rules to allow student athletes to earn money from their names, images, and likenesses.

• After being told that it was against NCAA rules for him to maket a line of shirts, Martin Jenkins decided to challenge the rule in the Supreme Court.

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RI.8.2

Part A: What can the reader infer about the NIL rule from the text?

• While it allows athletes to profit from their names, images, and likenesses, it is not the same as professionalizing college athletics.

• Allowing athletes to profit from their names, images, and likenesses will lead to the professionalization of college athletics.

• Maring Jenkins was able to convince the NCAA that the names, images, and likeness rule would be good for its business.

• In order to get more involved in national politics, the NCAA implemented the names, images, and likeness rule for students.

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RI.8.1

Part B: Which quotation best supports the answer to Part A?

• "A week after the high court's decision, the NCAA bowed to mounting political pressure by announcing new rules that allow student athletes to make money off their names, images, and likeness..." (paragraph 6)

• "Supreme Court justices were unimpressed with that point during oral arguments in March, grilling the NCAA's attorney and telegraphing their unanimous decision that would arrive months later." (paragraph 7)

• "So, the argument is they are recruited, they're used up, and then they're cast aside without even a college degree...how can this be defended in the name of amateurism?"

• "...one of the highest paid coaches in college football, clarified his stance last month, saying that he is still 'against professionalizing college athletics' but that he welcomes the NIL rule." (paragraph 10)

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RI.8.1

What is the role of paragraph 1 in the text?

• to educate the reader about the day-to-day struggles of a student athlete

• to interest the reader in following Martin Jenkins's unlikely music career

• to persuade the reader by describing a way that the NIL rule can benefit athletes

• to engage the reader by explaining the backstory for the Supreme Court case

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RI.8.5

Read the excerpt from paragraph 5: For more than a century, the NCAA has served as the chief governing body of college sports in the United States. Comprised of three divisions, the organization regulates more than 1,000 institutions nationwide and has swelled into a multi-billion-dollar outfit, as media companies have paid ever-increasing sums for the broadcast rights to marquee competitions...

How does this excerpt impact the author's tone?

• It creates an angry tone.

• It adds to a contradictory tone.

• It establishes an indifferent tone.

• It contributes to an informative tone.

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RI.8.4

Read the excerpt from paragraph 5: But players like Jenkins had long been denied their share of the spoils, due to the NCAA's ban against paying student athletes.

What does the excerpt indicate about the author's point of view?

• The phrase "players like Jenkins" indicates that the authors believe only players who create their own merchandise should earn a profit.

• The phase "their share of the spoils" indicates that the authors believe athletes have a right to some of the NCAA's profit.

• The phrase "due to the NCAA's ban" indicates that the authors believe the NCAA should not create rules for college sports.

• The phrase "paying student athletes" indicates that the authors believe the NIL rule is the same as paying athletes a salary.

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RI.8.6

According to the text, which factor influenced Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to rule in favor of the former athletes?

• illegal athlete recruitment practices

• low student-athlete graduation rates

• growing political pressure

• the unimportance of amateur status

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RI.8.3

Based on the context of paragraph 10, what does sacred cow mean?

• a commonly held religious ideology or practice

• a proven and widely taught scientific principle

• an opportunity for people to make a lot of money

• an idea that people believe is unquestionable

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RI.8.4

Which quotation provides relevant evidence to support the argument that college athletes should be allowed to earn money?

• "For Martin Jenkins and other members of the 2014 Clemson Tigers football team, it was a simple rallying cry, but others saw a financial opportunity. The three-word phrase--"We too deep'--began as an internal mantra, changed by players in the locker room and on the sidelines..." (paragraph 1)

• "I saw people with "We too deep" shirts on and I asked them, "Hey, where'd you get that from?" One person pointed me to a website. One person pointed me to a local T-shirt vendor,' Jenkins recalled. Initially, Jenkins was flattered. 'I thought it was really cool,' he said." (paragraph 4)

• "While the revenues generated by big time college football programs are used to subsidize the often-enormous salaries of coaches and the world-class training facilities on campus, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said that 'the athletes themselves have a pretty hard life.'" (paragraph 7)

• "Critics of the NCAA reacted with glee over the justices' tough questioning, and even more after the ruling and NIL decision were delivered in June. But there remains an old guard for whom 'amateurism' is a sacred cow." (paragraph 10)

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