In my issue brief, I will open up the first paragraph discussing a rhetorical situation. Since my issue brief is about equal pay for the women’s soccer team, I will start by explaining the lawsuit filed by the women’s team against the U.S. soccer federation which is scheduled to be held May 5th. I plan to slightly discuss the events prior to the filing of the lawsuit for some background information and also exactly what the law suit says. For my thesis, I am not sure if I should claim that the policy change should be exactly what the U.S. women’s team claimed in the lawsuit, or if my thesis should be the policy I believe should be made.
The exigence of this topic is not only that the lawsuit is happening soon, but also that the Olympics are currently scheduled to be this summer. The outcome of the lawsuit trial could significantly affect the salaries of the players. Since no one is sure what is going to happen with the coronavirus, all U.S. soccer games are canceled and no one knows what will happen with the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. These events are how most of the women’s team makes a salary to live on.
I am not exactly sure who my audience would be. I feel like it should be directed towards companies/federations that determine salaries for women in sports, fans of women in sports, and supporters of equal pay for women.
I think you want to refine the audience then and can consider who can enact policy.
I think it would be good to take one stance regarding if you follow the lawsuits claims or not and then add a small amount about what would happen with the other stance. (i.e. do what the lawsuit claims and what you claim just one of them limited)
I think including a brief summary of the history of the lawsuit and unequal pay is very important and as far as the audience I think targeting USA soccer, I suppose someone higher up in that organization would have the power to increase salaries.
I think mentioning when this lawsuit and such began is really important. I like the idea of your introduction, and I look forward to reading it. I think another part of your audience could be soccer players and soccer lovers/fans for sure. Another timely part of this is just the continuing fight for women and equal pay.
I think the thesis should be what you think the policy should be. You can always take pieces of the lawsuit into mind, but crafting your own may be more fun, and will make for an easier argument when you are writing.