"The statement, should college athletes be paid to play? They should be paid to play." is a;
B. Direct quotation to refute counterpoint
A counterpoint is a statement that is made to refute another statement or claim held by an opposing party. The statement above contains a direct quotation of a former claim.
The speaker here repeats this statement to refute the said claim. So we can conclude that this is a direct quotation that was made to refute a formerly stated counterpoint.
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