Navratilova,
Martina (Martina). “Battle Over Pay For College Athletes Is Getting Started like
Olympics used to be- everyone made$ except the athletes.” 22 Aug. 2015, 11:13
p.m. Tweet.
The
author of this tweet is Martina Navratilova, one of the greatest female tennis
players of all-time, is able to express her feelings regarding the argument
between those who support paying college athletes, and those who do not support
paying the athletes. Her primary claim,
or complaint is that everyone involved college athletics is receiving financial
compensation, except for the players themselves. She compares this to the Olympics (in which
she participated) where the players do not get paid a significant amount, but
everyone else does get paid quite well. As
a form of evidence, Navratilova includes a link to a Huffington Post article, which
discusses many attempts to grant athletes the privilege of being paid. In addition to having strong credibility, or
ethos, since she is a well-known athlete, the Huffington Post article also adds
some level of authority.
Since the author was a
very prominent athlete, it is likely that much of her following base
(especially on a form of social media such as twitter) is also interested in
sports. Her audience likely influenced
her decision to post this tweet. This
means that there would have been a much smaller chance of her posting a tweet which
would denounce paying college athletes. Navratilova
would not want to lose any fans or supporters by going against what many of her
followers believe. Although the argument
is limited in length (by Twitter’s rules), there is still a clear purpose. It is unlikely that she would have been
willing to write much more than she did, and the reader likely would not have
wanted to read much more. If she did
want to write more, Navratilova could have expressed her opinion somewhere
other than twitter. She wants all of her
followers to realize (in a brief, easy to read format) that there is plenty of
money to go around, but college athletes are still not being paid. Although paying college athletes would have
no real benefit for Navratilova, she still feels the need to spread her opinion
because she was once an Olympic athlete who was not being paid sufficiently (at
least in her opinion). She is able to draw
a close and somewhat unlikely connection between these two examples, while
presenting an arguably brief and effective argument to her followers.
“Battle Over Pay For College Athletes Is Getting Started-
like Olympics used to be- everyone made$ except the athletes”
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