Debate: Dropping the Ball
Should more undergraduate schools follow in the footsteps of Spelman College and consider dropping intercollegiate sports programs?

Claim: Drop sports program in undergraduate schools
Reason: Sports teach discipline and purpose.
Warrant 0: discipline and purpose are important for undergraduates
Warrant 1: discipline and purpose are unimportant for undergraduates
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Drop sports program in undergraduate schools
Reason: Highly competitive sports helps you learn to compete in the business world. Far more than those who have never been part of competitive sports can understand.
Warrant 0: sports cannot be practiced outside of school more cost-efficiently
Warrant 1: sports can be practiced outside of school more cost-efficiently
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Drop sports program in undergraduate schools
Reason: School sports have a place as long as academics come first.
Warrant 0: academics are not falling behind
Warrant 1: academics are falling behind
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Do not drop sports program in undergraduate schools
Reason: College sports make tuition higher.
Warrant 0: higher tuition results in more less for the college who can not add new programs and buildings
Warrant 1: higher tuition results in more money for the college who can add new programs and buildings
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Drop sports program in undergraduate schools
Reason: Sports programs teach important things like leadership, discipline, and teamwork.
Warrant 0: students can learn leadership, discipline, and teamwork elsewhere
Warrant 1: students can't learn leadership, discipline, and teamwork elsewhere
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Do not drop sports program in undergraduate schools
Reason: Sports programs are too expensive.
Warrant 0: spending money is the best way to show students we care
Warrant 1: spending money is not the best way to show students we care
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Drop sports program in undergraduate schools
Reason: Common experience bonds humans, and the effect is powerful when the attachment originates with our school.
Warrant 0: people can find other ways to bond
Warrant 1: people need ways to bond
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Drop sports program in undergraduate schools
Reason: Highly competitive sports helps you learn to compete in the business world. Far more than those who have never been part of competitive sports can understand.
Warrant 0: many people need to be part of competitive sports
Warrant 1: many people have not been part of competitive sports
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Drop sports program in undergraduate schools
Reason: These programs bring lots of revenue, which all of the other activities of a University simply don't. No taxpayers in this country are willing to support the education of other peoples children.
Warrant 0: the programs don't give money to the education
Warrant 1: the programs give money to the education
Correct warrant: 0