Outline

My project analyzes universities and the impact that college sports and academics have on them. It discusses the negatives of college sports and I am still working on adding the positives of college sports to the paper. I was able to find many negatives about the effects of college sports and I am developing my counterpoint by finding reasons to support college athletics. I am still waiting to interview President McCormick, as he was unable to be interviewed today, but will be available on Wednesday. This is a brief outline of my paper:

I. Introductory story about Georgia scandal
II. Presence of athletics at universities can threaten the academic mission at the college
III. Ohio State example of how sports can cause turmoil
IV. Sports can shift the focus of a university away from academics
V. Lack of money being put towards classrooms and learning
VI. When universities lose track of academic focus, they tend to attract the wrong kinds of students
VII. Academics and sports can coexist, but academics should remain primary focus
VIII. Two extremes to the debate
IX. Students are realizing that certain schools are losing focus of academics and are going out of state
X. Colleges are falling victim to the professionalization of college sports
XI. The people behind the scenes are often to blame and they always seem to pass the blame onto someone else
XII. It is surprising at how many schools still continue to support college sports at the high level that they do
XIII. Conclusion with description about how ESPNU was on and how college sports are becoming the image at this university