The NFL generates an enormous amount of revenue each year and it has continued to increase year after year.Think about the ideas in the two passages, and then write an explanatory essay in your own words about how the NFL’s revenue continues to increase.

Be sure to use information from BOTH texts in your explanatory essay. Write your answer in the space provided.

Before you write, be sure to:

• think about ideas, facts, definitions, details, and other information and examples you want to use;

• think about how you will introduce your topic and what the main topic will be for each paragraph;

• develop your ideas clearly and use your own words, except when quoting directly from the source texts;

• be sure to identify the sources by title or number when using details or facts directly from the sources.

Now write your explanatory essay in the space provided. Be sure to:

• use information from the two texts so that your essay includes important details;

• introduce the topic clearly, provide a focus, and organize information in a way that makes sense;

• develop the topic with facts, definitions, details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic;

• use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion;

• clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts;

• use clear language and vocabulary to inform about the topic;

• provide a conclusion that follows the information presented; and

• check your work for correct grammar, usage, capitalization, spelling, and punctuation.