In
class we have been doing our final partner debates. Last week, one group was
debating whether or not college athletes should be able to use performance
enhancing drugs. One side made the proposition that they should remain illegal
with the grounds that they are unsafe and that it evens the playing field.
Because these PEDs are expensive, not all college athletes who are paying for
college and other expenses can afford them, giving them a huge disadvantage compared
to those who can. Each side had great arguments, but at one point one side
compared college sports to gladiator events and the slaughtering of Christians.
Although this side had the most compelling arguments and this comparison was
meant to provide the audience with an analogy of their point, this
exaggeration, in my opinion, came off as a little bit desperate and took away
some of the effectiveness of their argument.
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