Persuasive Speech free essay sample

Instead of always travelling to the mainland for vacations, Hawaii residents should first experience the uniqueness of vacationing right here on a neighbor island. INTRODUCTION (Attention Step) I. (Attention getter): Over the PA system the agent announced the arrival of United flight 93 arriving from Los Angeles, California. I waited at the baggage claim entrance where I stood there holding my lei and sign with the names of the visitors I was to greet from their flight. As the people started to flow out of the doors I called out, â€Å"Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williams†, all the while thinking about what I was going to cook for dinner and wondering what my kids were doing. When the visitors finally arrived, I was quickly brought back to my reality as I greeted each one with a lei and I said, â€Å"Aloha, welcome to Kauai. † With excited smiles on their faces they thanked me and told me how excited they were to be in Hawaii and how they couldn’t wait to start their vacation. Opponents argue that the BCS system is in the best interest of the athletes, fans, and sponsors because the bowl games generate huge profits for schools and their local economies, keep the season shorter for student athletes, and almost always have the two best teams playing each other for the national title. The annual controversy about whether the BCS should be replaced by a playoff system centers on the BCS rankings. The BCS standings are calculated by averaging three elements: the Harris Intercollegiate Football Poll, the USA TODAY Coaches Poll, and the average of six computer rankings. Proponents of the BCS say their rankings are as accurate as possible because the BCS incorporates human polls and computer ratings to calculate the standings, but critics counter that the BCS rankings often place teams in the wrong order and discriminate against smaller schools. There have been plans suggested to the NCAA on how to rank these college football teams and how each team could win a particular seed or spot. The most popular is to implement a four team playoff that has the top four ranked teams play each other in bowl games and then the two winning teams would play each other in the championship game. The southeastern conference commissioner Mike Silve has heavily supported the four team playoff system. The SEC is one of the most powerful conferences in college football and what Mike Silve agrees to will heavily influence the switch to a playoff system. If the plan is passed the earliest we would see it would be in 2014. If the BCS is replaced I believe that college football will be more popular, generate more interest from the fanbase, and give the smaller schools a chance to compete for a championship title. Works Cited Alder, James. BCS vs. Playoff System. Football. about. com. Web. 11 June 2012.