Argument206 有拍必回

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206.The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Parkville
Daily Newspaper. "Throughout the country last year, as more and more children below the age of nine participated in youth-league softball and soccer, over 80,000 of these young players suffered injuries. When interviewed for a recent study, youth-league softball players in several major cities also reported psychological pressure from coaches and parents to win games. Furthermore, education experts say that long practice sessions for these sports take
away time that could be used for academic activities. Since the disadvantages apparently outweigh any advantages, we in Parkville should discontinue organized athletic competition for children under nine."

提纲：
18000小运动员受伤的事实说明不了问题。
2几个主要大城市的情况不一定和parkville相符。
3作者没能证明小运动员们因为运动耽误了学习。
4作者没有比较比赛的优点和缺点。

In this argument the arguer recommend that Parkville should stop organizing athletic competition for children under nine. In order to support his or her recommendation, the arguer points out that last years up to 8000 young players suffered induries thought the country. The arguer also cites a interview showing that young players feel pressure form parents and coached to win games. In addition points that time that should have been used in academic activities has been taken away by long practice sessions. On the basis the arguer reasons that the  defect of athletic competition for children under nine its merit. In my opinion the argument is specious in several respects.

In the first place, the fact that last year up to 8000 young players suffered injuries is scant evidence that many children in Parkville under nine suffered serious injuries. The fallacy is obvious: the arguer fails to inform whether there are children under nine in the 8000 injured young players; the arguer fails to define the injuries, which forces us to doubt whether the injuries are serious or just slight; the arguer fails to inform how many children in Parkville city in the 8000 injured young players. It is possible that all injured players are older than nine; it is equally possible that most of the juries are slight; it is also possible that there seldom children involved in the 8000 children. Mere the ambiguous fact make no sense as the evidence upon which the arguer relies to make the recommendation.

In the second place, the arguer falsely assumes that the result of a interview conducted in several major cities apply to Parkville city. However, the arguer fails to provide some credible evidence to support that assumption. In fact, every districts vary in many respects. It is possible the parents and coaches  in Parkville understand their children more , having not inflicted too much pressure to them but consoling and encouraging them when they suffered from failure. Because the arguer fails to support the assumption that the result of the interview applies to  city Parkville, he or she can not rely on the gratuitous assumption to make any sound recommendation.

In the third place, the arguer presumptuously claims that the practice sessions for softball and soccer is so long  that it take young players’ time for academic activity with out any reliable evidence. It is possible that there are enough time for young players to undertake academic activities, in that case, without athletic competition for children under nine, they would not spend the time in academic activities.

Last but not the least, the arguer falsely reasons that the defects of athletic competition for children under nine  outweighs its merits without objective comparison between the former and the latter. In my opinion, the arguer overstates the defects of athletic competition for children under nine but ignores its merit. In fact athletic competition for children under nine has many merits, For example, it can promote children to do physical exercise, which will improves their constitution, what's more via the competition, those talented children can be identified and gain the opportunity to develop their gift in sports. Without objective comparison between the advantage of athletic competition and its disadvantage, the arguer can not convince me..

To sum up, the arguer commits lots of logical flaws which make his or her recommendation not tenable. Such a hasty recommendation will inflict large loss to the children in Parkvillv city. In order to consolidate it , the arguer must compare the merits of athletic competition for children under nine and its defects.

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