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Rickey Williams were playing professional ball in Europe under assumed names and getting paid for it. The public would be outraged. acquired his information first hand; he uses actual quotes from his sources. He also uses letters written by the athletes and trainers of the time. The use of example evidence such as actual letters written by athletes is very convincing. Throughout his article wants to convince his readers that college players are playing summer ball under assumed names and getting paid for it. He produces a letter written by the manager of the summer nine to Walter C. Clarkson, the Harvard captain. “Such a pitcher (referring to Clarkson) would be used most liberally here-in fact, he could almost have anything he wanted, and he would be protected in the matter of privacy concerning any arrangement.” ( 262) There is no arguing with on this issue; he proves his point perfectly with this letter.
proves his thesis, that there is scandalous activity going on ...

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