Arugment: Allowing Homeschoolers To Play Sports For a Public School

Assertion/Claim:

• Students should be able to be homeschooled and still play sports for a public school.

Evidence/Concrete Detail:

• "Tim Tebow won the Heisman Trophy as the quarterback of the Florida University football team.  He was home-educated in Florida, which is  an equal access law that allowed him to play football for the local highschool."
• If Tim Tebow hadn't been allowed to play football for his local high school he would not be the successful pro quarterback he is today.
• I believe that if "24 other states" are allowed to have the "equal access law" then so should every other state in the United States.
• 325 Homeschooled athletes are currently playing NCAA Division 1-A sports this year.
• Without the opportunity to play for the high school team they would have never been able to play for a "Division 1" school.
• With so many homeschooled athletes on D-1 school teams, I am sure every college coach would want every state to pass the "equal access law" for their benefit.

Opposing Claims/They Say:

• It's not fair to public school students because they have to do more work than homeschooled kids.

My Rebuttal/I Say:

• Although homeschooled kids get the benefit of working on their school work from their own home, they still have to do just as much work.
• "Research shows that homeschooled students score well above average on standardized tests."

My Paragraph
Students should be able to be homeschooled and still play sports for a public school.  "Tim Tebow won the Heisman Trophy as the quarterback of the Florida University football team. He was home-educated in Florida, which is an equal access law that allowed him to play football for the local highschool."  If Tim Tebow hadn't been allowed to play football for his local high school he would not be the successful pro quarterback he is today. I believe that if "24 other states" are allowed to have the "equal access law" then so should every other state in the United States.  325 Homeschooled athletes are currently playing NCAA Division 1-A sports this year.  Without the opportunity to play for the high school team they would have never been able to play for a "Division 1" school.  With so many homeschooled athletes on D-1 school teams, I am sure every college coach would want every state to pass the "equal access law" for their benefit.  It's not fair to public school students because they have to do more work than homeschooled kids.  Although homeschooled kids get the benefit of working on their school work from their own home, they still have to do just as much work.  "Research shows that homeschooled students score well above average on standardized tests."

My Thinking:
This paragraph is based mainly on inductive thinking because my claim is an opinion.

My Source:

• "Tim Tebow Bill"
• Tim Tebow Bill Filed at Arkansas Legislature