In Trevor Martin's documentary "Schooled- The Price of College Sports(2013)" , he persuades that college athletes are treated unfairly in the NCAA. The director first shows unfairness of the NCAA by presenting a story of a college athlete Devin Ramsey, a running back for UNC and how he got indefinitely suspended for getting help on an essay by a tutor and showing it to his teacher, which according to the NCAA is a violation. He then exposes wrongdoings by the NCAA with including ex-college athletes who greatly struggled to get a full education because sports often got in the way. To conclude, he shows more wrongdoings of the NCAA by presenting the concern of athletes who are getting exploited by the NCAA, for example the UCLA basketball player who was put into a video game without his consent. His purpose it to persuade viewers in order to inform them the risks of being a student-athlete in the NCAA. He seems to have a general athlete audience in mind because they could be upcoming college athletes and should be aware the risks of being apart of the NCAA. I completely agree with Trevor Martin's documentary because the rest of the public should know about the wrongdoings of the NCAA.
To sum up Schooled- The Price of College Sports, Trevor Martin really strives to show how the NCAA players are treated in a sub-par manor. Although, he gives representatives from both sides of the argument he clearly shows the the NCAA is at fault. Trevor uses many examples as how this is happening in current day college sports, as well as wrongdoings of the NCAA in the past.
All important examples you discuss in your analysis; however, you need to think of more of the overarching ideas and strategies that the director uses. Consider those first and then support the key ideas with the examples you have here.
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