afternoon you go to the game.The English instructor turns up too,and you wonder if you've taken the right side after all.Saturday night you have a date,and Sunday morning you have to go to church.(You can't let English assignments interfere with your religion.)What with one thing and another,it's ten o'clock Sunday night before you get out the typewriter again.You make a pot of coffee and start to fill out your views on college football.Put a little meat on the bones. WHY COLLEGE FOOTBALL SHOULD BE ABOLISHED In my opinion,it seems to me that college football should be abolished.The reason why I think this to be true is because I feel that football is bad for the colleges in nearly every respect.As Robert Hutchins says in his article in our anthology in which he discusses college football,it would be better if the colleges had race horses and had races with one another,because then the horses would not have to attend classes.I firmly agree with Mr. Hutchins on this point,and I am sure that many other students would agree too. One reason why it seems to me that college football is bad is that it has become too commercial.In the olden times when people played football just for the fun of it,maybe college football was all right,but they do not play college football just for the fun of it now as they used to in the old days.Nowadays college football is what you might call a big business.Maybe this is not true at all schools,and I don't think it is especially true here at State, but certainly this is the case at most colleges and universities in America nowadays,as Mr.Hutchins points out in his very interesting article.Actually the coaches and alumni go around to the high schools and offer the high school stars large salaries to come to their colleges and play football for them.There was one case where a high school star was offered a convertible if he would play football for a certain college. Another reason for abolishing college football is that it is bad for the players.They do not have time to get a college education,because they are so busy playing football.A football player has to practice every afternoon from three to six and then he is so tired that he can't concentrate on his studies.He just feels like dropping off to sleep after dinner,and then the next day he goes to his classes without having studied and maybe he fails the test. (Good ripe stuff so far,but you're still a hundred and fifty-one words from home.One more push.) Also I think college football is bad for the colleges and the universities because not very many students get to participate in it.Out of a college of ten thousand students only seventy-five or a hundred play football,if that many. Football is what you might call a spectator sport.That means that most people go to watch it but do not play it themselves. (Four hundred and fifteen.Well,you still have the conclusion,and when you retype it,you can make the margins a little wider.) These are the reasons why I agree with Mr.Hutchins that college football should be abolished in American colleges and universities. 4 On Monday you turn it in,moderately hopeful,and on Friday it comes back marked "weak in content"and sporting a big "D." 5 This essay is exaggerated a little,not much.The English instructor will recognize it as reasonably typical of what an assignment on college football will bring in.He knows that nearly 22 afternoon you go to the game. The English instructor turns up too, and you wonder if you've taken the right side after all. Saturday night you have a date, and Sunday morning you have to go to church. (You can't let English assignments interfere with your religion.) What with one thing and another, it's ten o'clock Sunday night before you get out the typewriter again. You make a pot of coffee and start to fill out your views on college football. Put a little meat on the bones. WHY COLLEGE FOOTBALL SHOULD BE ABOLISHED In my opinion, it seems to me that college football should be abolished. The reason why I think this to be true is because I feel that football is bad for the colleges in nearly every respect. As Robert Hutchins says in his article in our anthology in which he discusses college football, it would be better if the colleges had race horses and had races with one another, because then the horses would not have to attend classes. I firmly agree with Mr. Hutchins on this point, and I am sure that many other students would agree too. One reason why it seems to me that college football is bad is that it has become too commercial. In the olden times when people played football just for the fun of it, maybe college football was all right, but they do not play college football just for the fun of it now as they used to in the old days. Nowadays college football is what you might call a big business. Maybe this is not true at all schools, and I don't think it is especially true here at State, but certainly this is the case at most colleges and universities in America nowadays, as Mr. Hutchins points out in his very interesting article. Actually the coaches and alumni go around to the high schools and offer the high school stars large salaries to come to their colleges and play football for them. There was one case where a high school star was offered a convertible if he would play football for a certain college. Another reason for abolishing college football is that it is bad for the players. They do not have time to get a college education, because they are so busy playing football. A football player has to practice every afternoon from three to six and then he is so tired that he can't concentrate on his studies. He just feels like dropping off to sleep after dinner, and then the next day he goes to his classes without having studied and maybe he fails the test. (Good ripe stuff so far, but you're still a hundred and fifty-one words from home. One more push.) Also I think college football is bad for the colleges and the universities because not very many students get to participate in it. Out of a college of ten thousand students only seventy-five or a hundred play football, if that many. Football is what you might call a spectator sport. That means that most people go to watch it but do not play it themselves. (Four hundred and fifteen. Well, you still have the conclusion, and when you retype it, you can make the margins a little wider.) These are the reasons why I agree with Mr. Hutchins that college football should be abolished in American colleges and universities. 4 On Monday you turn it in, moderately hopeful, and on Friday it comes back marked "weak in content" and sporting a big "D." 5 This essay is exaggerated a little, not much. The English instructor will recognize it as reasonably typical of what an assignment on college football will bring in. He knows that nearly