1. College athletes should be paid because they give more to their universities and the NCAA then they recieve.
2. If college athletes were paid then the IRS could possibly take away the 510c tax exempt from the universities which would make them pay taxes on everything sports related.
3. The amount of money that the NCAA makes off these athletes was an absurd 757 million and each year they are making more money so it's quite obvious that the athletes aren't recieving their fair share.
4. Suprisingly the majority of people believe that NCAA athletes shouldn't be paid because it would "ruin" there amateur status. This has made it difficult because it would definately take a little bit away from their status as a student athlete when they are technically paid student athletes.
5. I think it would be cool to interview a sports journalist such as Michael Wilbon. My dad went to college with Rick Reilly and is friends with him so i would have interviewed him. Also interview a couple college athletes and get their opinions.
6. The most interesting part is reading the comments on some of the articles because most of them are very opinionated on the topic and have good arguments against many of the articles.
7. I like pretty much everything.
8. Add opinions from college athletes.
9. One of the most interesting things that ive learned by reading articles is that besides the controversy of paying college athletes, most people think that the NCAA needs to "update" their current system overall.

Research Book- Unpaid Proffesionals

• Unpaid Proffesionals
• Andrew Zimbalist
• July 19, 1999
• November 1st
• NA
• The book Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis has no effect on my choice for this book. My dad interested me in the topic of paying college athletes, and this was the only book I could find at the library.
• I spent time online looking for books, but they were too expensive, so I went to the library and found this book which turned out pretty well. I wish it had more information on actually paying college athletes, but it gave a great economic viewpoint of college athletics.
• I did my in class writing assignment on the BCS bowl debates and now have realized the NCAA has way more controversy then I initially thought.
• This book gave more of the big picture of all the problems with NCAA since it has started. It gives the economic stand point because their is so much money to be made in college athletics which is the reason for most of the debating in the NCAA.

Memoir post 2

This book has given me a new perspective for how people live. Living in Boulder my whole life has taken away some of the reality in the real world that we live in. I could not imagine what it would be like to have my dad be one of the most prominent drug dealers in town. It was definately an eye opener. The memoir also taught me that work ethic is the most important key to success. Even though, Anthony Kiedis was a drug addict and used them recklessly, whenever he was rehearsing with his band or on stage at a concert he would always give a 110% into his job. Anthony Kiedis's relationship with his mom has taught me that a mothers love is invaluable. No matter what Anthony was doing she was always there to care for him. He states that his mothers home in Michigan was his greatest sanctuary.

Memoir post 1

• I chose Scar Tissue, by Anthony Kiedis mostly because I have heard great reviews and also I am a big fan of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I am very satisfied with my choice. It gave me more information about the Chili Peppers and the development of their bands, but mostly showed how crazy and reckless Anthony Kiedis's life was.
• Scar tissue is about Anthony Kiedis's life growing up with a drug dealing dad and a hippie mom, and moves on to growing his band known today as the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
• “I've wanted to feel pleasure to the point of insanity. They call it getting high, because it's wanting to know that higher level, that godlike level. You want to touch the heavens, you want to feel glory and euphoria, but the trick is it takes work. You can't buy it, you can't get it on a street corner, you can't steal it or inject it or shove it up your ass, you have to earn it.” This quote shows how reckless Anthony Kiedis was and how he would do anything to find that next drug. His writing style was pretty straight forward. He would tell stories about his life and describe how he looks back on it now.
• The book made me realize how reckless some peoples lives are. Living my entire life in boulder has made me sort of secluded to the rest of the world and it was very interesting to read about someones life that is so different than mine.

"Happiness is only real when shared"

"HAPPINESS IS ONLY REAL WHEN SHARED" (pg189)
Happiness is much harder to find by yourself than it is to find with others. Chris says he is against society and materialism and thinks it is evil and corrupt. However, this doesn't mean he doesn't like people. He made many friends on his adventure that he thought highly of and shared happiness with. I believe that happiness is definately better when shared with people you enjoy being with. For example most weddings are big events no matter where you are in the world. Usually many family members and friends go to weddings to share the happiness between the groom and the bride. By sharing happiness with others, they create an  elevated emotional state that couldn't be achieved otherwise.

Chris Mcandless and his search for contment

Chris Mcandless didn't go on this journey without a purpose. He clearly was searching for contment and happiness in the wild. He wanted to be genuinely happy instead of materialistic happy. When he left Gallien, he gave him his watch because he didn't even want to know what time or day it was. He was searching for contment, not for a short amount of time, but a permanent amount of time. People in society are constantly searching for happiness and are capable of finding it for a temporary time. However, usually what makes people happy for a temporary time are materialistic things such as a new phone, car, computer, etc. I believe that Chris is searching for a greater, more permanent happiness that most people don't have. He was trying to find a place where he wouldn't have to search or want anything more. A place where he was permanently content with his life.

What did Chris have against accepting gifts from people?

"I can't believe they'd try and buy me a car (...) a car that has in all those thousands of miles not given me a single problem, a car that i will never trade in, (...) I'm going to have to be real careful not to accept any gifts from them in the future because they will think they have bought my respect" krakauer 21.
This is the quote where it demonstrate Chris's frustration with materialistic gifts such as the car that was given to him by his parents. It also demonstrates Chris's values of being self-made and not relying on anyone to do anything for him. I think that was one of the main reasons he went into the wild to begin with, because he wanted to prove to himself that he could do this on his own and prove that he was a selfmade man.