That's because, even though he's an English professor at the University of Maryland, he provides nothing more than a lawsuit or a bunch of unhappy athletes to support his point. He has no apparent background in college sports, nor does he draw on expert opinion on the matter to support his pressing opinion. In "College Athletes Should Not Be Paid," a response to the previous argument also appearing in the Baltimore Sun, former Penn State football player Warren Hartenstine argues that "college athletes should not be paid." Like Marx, Hartenstine writes to a similar audience, but argues why student-athletes should not be paid more in scholarships as professional athletes are. Reasoning with his readers, Hartenstine provides statistics that correct Marx's argument about the graduation rate of student-athletes. It states, “82 percent of Division I scholarship freshman student-athletes who entered college in 2004 earned a bachelor's degree. In Division II, 73 percent of freshman student-athletes who entered college in 2004 graduated” (Hartenstine, 476). He wants readers to feel that it is not the college that is failing students. Students can cope well with school and sports with the help of tutoring and assistance programs in universities. I found it easier to accept that players don't need to be paid because the school invests more in their education than simply