College Athletes day 1

What evidence BEST supports the main idea that college sports are a proud tradition? Choose TWO answers.

• There has been much talk recently about paying college athletes.

• Most student athletes want to carry on the tradition of playing for their schools.

• Many students love to play sports.

• Like the ancient Greeks, student athletes know that exercise is important to their bodies and brains.

What evidence support the idea that college students should be paid. Choose two answers that best support this idea.

• Some people say that college athletes already get paid.

• College athletes work hard.

• College athletes play sports full time but they are also full time students and must still pay to go to the universities they play for.

• The athletes who play the games do not make any money at all, which is not fair.

What reasons support the idea that college athletes should not be paid and should just have fun playing for their schools.

• It's a tradition dating back to the ancient Greeks. Students would learn and then go outside to compete on the field.

• Students love to play sports with their friends.

• They are already paid in different ways.

• There is no need to pay students to play sports, because they do them for fun.

What reasons support the main idea that college athletes should be paid.

• College athletes work hard.

• College athletes are too busy to have a job.

• Colleges, stadiums, and coaches are making a lot of money off of college athletes and its not fair to them.

• College athletes already get paid in other ways.

Part A: Part A: What is a “proud tradition” as described in passage 1?

• 1. Currently college students play for free, but they
     get many other benefits. 

• 1. Something you do because it makes you feel good 

  and you love it.

• Watch any college sport and you will see it is
  very exciting.

• For many kids, recess and playing sports with
          friends is the best part of going to school.

Part B: Select the text evidence that BEST supports 

your answer to Part A.

• 1.  Many students love to play sports.

• The idea of the student athlete goes back to ancient
            Greece.

• Students would learn and then go outside 

            and compete on the field.

• Student athletes love to play sports, and 

         they love to play for their colleges. 

  
  

What is the meaning of “big business” in Paragraph 5 of Text 2?

• 1. That college athletic departments make billions of dollars on tickets, food, television and clothing.

• College athletic departments make money on every jacket or sweatshirt that they sell.

• 1. The coaches and school makes a lot of money.

• 1. That everyone benefits financially from college athletics.

In text 1, how does paragraph 3 contribute to the rest 

of the text?

• To point out that college sports are a proud tradition.

• To point out that many students love to play sports.

• To point out the idea of the student athlete goes back

  to ancient Greece.

• To point out that college athletes should not be paid      
          money because they are paid in a different way.