College Athletes Compensation

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Topic 1: Persuasive Essay: Outline Worksheet

Review “How Do I Organize My Brainstorm into an Outline?” in “The Writing Process” Media piece.

http://lc.gcumedia.com/phi105/persuasive-writing-website/persuasive-writing-website-v1.1.html 

Assignment Directions: 

TOPIC: College Athletes Compensation

Use the Persuasive Essay Outline on the next page to outline your persuasive essay by completing the following:

1) Use the feedback you received from your instructor to revise your thesis statement. 

a) Write your thesis as a complete sentence (as you would in your essay) in the “Thesis Sentence” section under the Introductory Paragraph heading in the outline below.

2) Create a topic sentence for each of the three paragraphs that comprise the body of your essay.

a) Record the topic sentences in each of the “Topic Sentence” sections under the “Support for Thesis” headings in the outline below. 

b) Your topic sentences should support your thesis and provide transitions between the paragraphs.

3) Write at least three details for each topic sentence. 

a) These details should provide support for the topic sentence. 

b) Remember to include at least one in-text citation for each supporting paragraph.

4) Write a concluding sentence under the “Conclusion” heading in the outline below. 

a) Your concluding sentence should be your thesis restated in different words.

Persuasive Essay Outline

Introductory Paragraph: 

Hook: Have you ever wondered why College Athletes are not paid?

Background and contextual information:

Thesis Sentence: College athletes should be compensated due to Lengthy careers, injuries, and popularity.

Support for Thesis 1 (Subtopic 1)

Persuasive Topic Sentence including position and subtopic 1: 

Detail A: 4 Years in college, once you keep coming back, you get paid.

Detail B: 15 week salary

Detail C: Salary based on Academic standings, no 2.5 no pay.

Transitional sentence:  Although players do not get payed without finding a degree there is not for sure way to succeed without going back to school

Support for Thesis 2 (Subtopic 2)

Persuasive Topic Sentence including position and subtopic 2 

Detail A: More injuries are showing up in collegiate athletics 

Detail B: Players should learn about insurance

Detail C: Injuries can stop players from excelling to the next level 

Transitional sentence: Injuries have devastated many players and makes it hard for the student to recover while in school.

Support for Thesis 3 (Subtopic 3)

Persuasive Topic Sentence including position and subtopic 3: 

Detail A: Sports are limited due to school; some schools might be the right schools, but no sports

Detail B: College Sports is the foundation of Pro sports

Detail C: College sports is an introduction of a certain player into the pro world of sports

Transitional Sentence:  College sports ratings are at an all-time high now because so many people are being supported. With this support system many, many players can now get paid to play the game they love for more years.

Conclusion 

Paraphrase thesis statement (restated in different words): More and more people should look into why their children are paying so much to receive a degree and probably won’t be able to use it.

 

Summarize main points: For many years, The NCAA has looked over the fact of compensating their players. These same players are the same reason that many people have grown to love their sport and support it as well.

Final remarks:

QUESTION: Use the outline created in Week 4 (CREATED ABOVE) to write the first draft of your essay.

References (New page at the end of the essay)

Organize all references below into a reference list. Be sure the references are in alphabetical order based on the author’s last name, double-spaced. List should be formatted to have hanging indents by ½ an inch, with the first line hanging and all others indented. See the GCU Style Guide for help with formatting references and citations. Within the essay, this reference page will be on its own page at end of your essay.

Literature Reviews

Acord-Vira, A., Curtis, R., Davis, D., & Wheeler, S. (2019). Returning to the Classroom Following Sport-Related Concussion: Perspectives of College Student Athletes. Journal of Postsecondary Education & Disability, 32(1), 35–48. Retrieved from https://search-ebscohost-com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ehh&AN=136781209&site=eds-live&scope=site

Karcher, R. T. (2017). Big-Time College Athletes’ Status as Employees. ABA Journal of Labor & Employment Law, 33(1), 31–53. Retrieved from https://search-ebscohost-com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=130327970&site=eds-live&scope=site

Stokowski, S., Paule-Koba, A. L., & Kaunert, C. (2019). Former College Athletes’ Perceptions of Adapting to Transition. Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, 403–426. Retrieved from https://search-ebscohost-com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=s3h&AN=138583721&site=eds-live&scope=site

Helpful links:

Persuasive essay writing process:

http://lc.gcumedia.com/phi105/persuasive-writing-website/persuasive-writing-website-v1.1.html 

References and Citation help:

http://libguides.gcu.edu/CitingSources

Grading Criteria

Consider the following criteria when developing the outline for your essay. These criteria will be applied when this assignment is graded. 

1) Outline contains a thesis statement.  

2) Outline contains a topic sentence for each of the three paragraphs of the body of the essay.

3) Transitions between paragraphs are evident and appropriate. 

4) Contains three details for each topic sentence; details provide support of the related topic sentence.

5) Included in-text citations and references.

6) Outline contains concluding sentence, which restates the thesis in different words.

BBA 4126 Unit VIII Journal

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Instructions

Explain how you believe you will be able to use the concepts studied in this course in your current or future career. 

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary. 

Explain the difference between incident command and unified command.

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1. Explain the difference between incident command and unified command.

2. Research the internet and find an article, video or webpage detailing an emergency incident that used a unified command.

3.  Post the link to the article, video or webpage.

4.  Was the command structure effective for this incident?  If yes, describe why.  If no, what could have been done better?
 

Please write a minimum of 350-400 words for this 

Mental Health Consultation

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Prior to beginning work on this assignment, it is recommended that you read Chapter 1 in Turning Points in Dynamic Psychotherapy: Initial Assessment, Boundaries, Money, Disruptions and Suicidal Crises and Chapters 1, 2, and 4 in The Psychiatric Interview: Evaluation and Diagnosis.

Respond to at least one of your colleagues in the discussion forum before creating your assignment submission.

For this assignment, you will take on the role of a mental health professional providing a consultation to a colleague. Your colleague in this case happens to be a licensed clinical psychologist. Carefully review the PSY645 Fictional Mental Health Consultation Scenario (Links to an external site.) which provides information on your colleague’s patient and specific questions your colleague has posed to you as a consultant. Once you have reviewed the scenario, research a minimum of two peer-reviewed articles in the Ashford University Library related to the situation(s) presented in the scenario and how these have been approached and treated in previous cases.

Write an evaluation of the patient’s symptoms and presenting problems within the context of one theoretical orientation (e.g., psychoanalytic, cognitive, behavioral, humanistic, etc.). Summarize views of these symptoms and presenting problems within the context of at least one historical perspective and two theoretical orientations different from the one used in your evaluation (e.g.:, cognitive, humanistic, psychodynamic, integrative) in order to provide alternative viewpoints. To conclude, justify the use of diagnostic manuals and handbooks besides the DSM-5 that might be used to assess this prospective patient.

The Mental Health Consultation:

  • Must be two to three double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and  must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.).
  • Must include a separate title page with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Student’s name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted
  • Must use at least two peer-reviewed sources in addition to the course text.
  • Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.