At least, that’s if you consider a 93-80 record with just one 10-win season over 14 years to be successful. Apparently, Nebraska does, as the Cornhuskers chose to hire Riley the same week they fired Bo Pelini. That hire happened to come almost simultaneously with Florida hiring former Alabama assistant and current Colorado State coach Jim McElwain.
Football has become very popular over the past years. People are starting their kids to play at the young age of five. It is some people’s main priority to watch on a Saturday and Sunday, and the “Friday night lights” are a very popular thing in high schools all around the country. Some people think the popularity of football is getting out of hand in schools. They are worried it is taking away from the educational aspect of school.
The University of Oklahoma currently supports several active student groups that can be classified as discourse communities according to the criteria set by John Swales. One such group is the Secular Sooners, a community on campus that seeks to “provide common ground for people with a secular world view” (Lunde). However, many of these groups differ in the ways that they accomplish their goals, and indeed in the goals that they have set. Additionally, they utilize varying methods of intercommunication to aid in attaining these goals.
Football is America’s favorite sport. American citizens spend their Sunday nights glued to the television, and Friday nights at the stadium watching athletes tackle, run and catch. Some viewers believe that football is too dangerous and should be eliminated from high school. Football is a dangerous sport; however, it should not be eliminated from high schools, because that tactic would be too severe. There are other ways of decreasing the dangers of football.
One of the biggest strengths of the NCAA includes increasing college membership. Due to the tremendous amount not scholarship money that the NCAA provides to its college athletes they give many young men and women the opportunity to be able to go to college. As a result these student athletes receive a college education that a lot of low income families would not be able to afford. The NCAA gives many kids a tick to a free college education. Another example of the strength of the NCAA would be their ability to keep sports fair when a basketball point-shaving conspiracy popped up involving the reigning national champion, the University of Kentucky the NCAA had the power to step in and enforce sanctions on the university to stop the scandal.
Playing sports of any kind comes with associated risks, which is why pro athletes are some of the highest paid individuals in the industry. During his 3.5-year career, an average pro football player makes over $6 million, while an average professional basketball player makes over $24 million during his 4.8-year career. So why aren't student-athletes afforded the same compensation? They are still at risk every time they step inside the court or in the field, after all.
Many people all around the nation are in debate whether or not high school football should remain a sport. In addition, it was recorded that between the years 2005 and 2014, ninety-two high school football players have been killed due to football injuries. Although, high school football has been a traditional sport in all states, but many are wondering if football is truly worth the risk. However, endless numbers of parents across the nation have numerous opinions on their sons playing football or not. Nonetheless, if parents are letting their sons play this game, they understand the risks of their sons getting injured.
Academic theories have been debated for years on what’s ethical and unethical. One of the things that is still being debated is on redshirting. Redshirting is when a child has been held back a year from starting school so the child can reach the parents expectation of maturity. It has been debated on whether or not this gives you more success. Redshirting doesn’t give an individual more or less success in life, it doesn’t last more than the first few years of schooling, it pushes the children who weren’t redshirted to learn at levels for kids a year older than them, and the kids who were redshirted won’t be pushed hard enough in their schooling.
The different levels of high school football and college football and NFL have different varieties and styles. High school football is the lowest level of football. College football is comparable to middle-class football and requires more skill. The NFL is the all-time hardest to get into and play. There are ways of playing football and different rules.
NCAA The college football playoff is set and there was hardly any controversy over who is in and who is out. Most people agree that the teams in are worthy and the teams that didn’t make it weren’t good enough. The current system of a committee selecting the teams has worked well enough. Their most controversial pick was likely taking Ohio State last year over Baylor or TCU.
Morningside competes in the NAIA. The University of Iowa is significantly larger with 29,748 students and over 500 clubs available. There are over 20,000 more students to do activities with. With so many more students, it would make meeting new friends a lot easier. Also, the Hawkeyes compete in Division 1 for athletics.
Other schools will not match A&M’s, as Baylor University “...charges tuition at a flat rate of $39,000 per academic year..”(Baylor University). Since Baylor is a private baptist university(Baylor University), it would not be like A&M University where it is a”..public university..”(A&M). Then Texas Tech has a, “Tuition and fees based on 15hrs per semester... undergraduate is $38,000..”(Texas Tech). Which is cheaper than A&M but requires extra hours per semester which is not really the best thing.
(Undergraduate Admission Financial Aid) UCLA brings forth a better argument when it comes to pricing. As mentioned before, UCLA is public, so it doesn’t cost as much. To add onto that, they believe in helping their students by offering grants/scholarships, loans, and even on-campus jobs to help students pay for textbooks and living expenses. On their financial aid website, they go on to say “Paying for your education should be a partnership between student, family and university.” (UCLA Financial Aid)
Knowing from personal experience that the difference in price can be high, I would have to disagree. When applying for South Dakota State University in 2017, the difference in price between some rooms was around $1000. This amount of money may not seem like much to certain people, but for a student already entering into debt or from a low-income family, this could be a large sum. Therefore, students from low social classes are not exposed to people from upper social classes and vis versa.
Almost all two year community colleges cost less than a hundred dollar per credit hour, in comparison at a University, it is over two hundred and fifty dollars for the same credit hour. For example, the cost of tuition of the courses on campus at Georgia Perimeter College (GPC) is around eighty nine dollars per one credit hour, which is roughly one thousand and a hundred dollars for a person with twelve credit hours. At the same time at Georgia State University (GSU), it is approximately two hundred and eighty five dollars per credit hour. An associate of mine, Jamal, is taking twelve credit hours and he will pay almost three thousand dollars. Therefore, attending a two year college help students from financial stress giving them extra freedom.
