Sebastian Henderson Essays (933 words) - Devon, Academic Dishonesty

Sebastian Henderson Prof Owen Sutkowski COM 231-75 4/25/2017 Outline I. Introduction A. Recently in the news there have been multiple cases of academic fraud at universities such as the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Tennessee and Florida State University. B. Some cases have been about Universities forcing fraud, such as the ones listed above. But some schools have been standing up for athletes trying to get them the help they need such as, Clemson University, East Carolina University, and the University of Florida. C. There should be exceptions to the integrity rule because the student-athletes cannot get the help that they need to do well in school. Also that schools are rigging grades, and the minimum grade point average requirement to play college football is too low for athletes to be gaining a quality education. II. Body Paragraph 1 A. The issue of Academic Fraud and Academic integrity is an honesty issue. Also the article it is in is very confusing and is full of loop-holes B.It is sometimes said that education is the only industry where the less one provides for the price the more pleased customers are - most of us, when we are students, welcome a day off from class or a homework-free weeknight. Athletes are no different, and the rewards of competition in an area of their special skills have the potential for many to weaken further the commitment to coursework and class attendance. C. Faculty work hard to engage students in learning, and perhaps in no other area does a university signal an inappropriate prioritization of athletics over academics than when, by policy or by administrative decisions, it sends the message that training or competitions take priority over class attendance and coursework. D. A lot of schools have manipulated these rules and loop-holes III. Body Paragraph 2 a. The leaders among those schools are The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Florida State University, The University of Tennessee, Auburn University, Notre Dame and many others. b. These Universities have been accused and some of them found guilty of bumping SAT ACT scores along with bumping up GPA's and test scores. SAT score as low as 400's, ACT scores as low as 13's and GPA's as low as 1.25's(ESPN.com). c. Also some of the schools are offering courses such as "sit-in classes", classes that athletes don't have to show up for the class the entire year then you come in to take midterms and finals and you get a grade for it. d. Then there are the cases such as Devon Ramsey. IV. Body Paragraph 3 A. Devon Ramsay was a fullback at The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, in his junior year and was one of the best Fullback's in his draft class. B. Devon was Sociology major and he was working on a three page paper titled "Industrialized Nations". C. Being on the football team, to help balance school and football, Devon went to one of the team tutors. He emailed this tutor the paper so that she could help him with spelling and grammatical errors. D. She checked and revised a little of the paper and sent it back to Devon with the seal of approval. Devon turned in the paper .Later that week, Devon's Coach called him into his office( Reily , Katie). V. Body Paragraph 4 A. Devon was informed that he was involved in an NCAA investigation for his violation of the Academic Integrity rule because of illegal outside assistance on his paper B. Devon was shocked he was extremely concerned due to the fact that he didn't do anything but get a little needed help on a paper for a real class. Ramsay was then told that he could no longer finish the season while under investigation. C. Devon was heartbroken because this could not only ruin his chance of playing pro-ball but he could be expelled if he is found guilty. Luckily Robert Orr, a North Carolina lawyer heard about this case and wanted to fight this injustice. D. And before Devon's Senior the decision was reversed by the NCAA. Sadly, Devon tore his ACL the 4th game of the season. But sadly, Devon isn't