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Comprehension Quiz for “Should College Football Be Banned?”

Watch “Should College Football Be Banned?” and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

1. What is Malcolm Gladwell’s main reason that college football should be banned?

Watching college football is neurologically damaging.

Playing college football is like driving a car into a brick wall.

Watching college football leads to long-term health problems.

Playing college football leads to long-term health problems.

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2. What is Buzz Bissinger’s main reason that college football should be banned?

College football players make too much money to receive financial aid.

The exorbitantly high salaries of head coaches damages the culture of higher education.

Head coaches do not share their salaries with assistant coaches.

The budgets for college football teams should be combined with the budgets for campus support services.

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3. What is Tim Green’s main reason that college football should not be banned?

Young boys learn important lessons about possible careers in sport.

Football is an important part of U.S. culture.

Playing football teaches children and young adults that it is important to pick themselves up from setbacks and go on.

High-school students can learn basic mathematics from analyzing football plays.

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4. What is Jason Whitlock’s main reason that college football should not be banned?

Academic departments can follow the football team’s lead in recruiting students.

Capitalism is good.

Football and colleges are both businesses and must work as a team.

Football is like McDonald’s—they are both examples of how capitalism works to benefit everyone.

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5. What is CTE?

A sociological disorder that occurs when football fans turn to mob behavior

A psychological disorder caused by watching too many football games

A degenerative neurological disorder caused by being repeatedly hit in the head

A degenerative neurological disorder caused by repeatedly striking someone in the head

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