Your finalized claim: I plan to prove that college athletes should be paid to play. College athletes should be paid to play. This matters because athletes are some of the most hard working students, managing school, sports, and (maybe) a job. Athletes are some of the most hard working students, managing school, sports, and (maybe) a job. Athletes should be paid to play so they can manage being financially stable in college.
Your finalized counterclaim: My claim states that college athletes should be played to play, which is unfair amongst other students. College athletes should be paid to play, which is unfair amongst other students. Some may disagree because a scholarship may not provide enough money for athletes. A scholarship may not provide enough money for athletes. Athletes should not be paid to play because they already get a scholarship to play which could provide for them.
I plan to prove that college athletes should be paid to play. This matters because many people going into college play sports and they give up much of their time to do so. The athletes at a college are almost always the first students to arrive and the last to leave the campus. They arrive early to begin training and stay late because of big games. They should be paid because they give up a lot of their time to be at the practices. Some teams practice during class times which can mess up an athlete's academic schedule, others practice late at night when an athlete would want to be doing their homework or hanging out with friends. They should be paid because each win they have they give the college popularity and even perhaps money.
Counter claim: Athletes do not need to be paid because they got a scholarship to come which helps pay for their schooling already.
