Guffey ‘Thomas Guffey Professor Blandford UWRT-1102 7 April 2015 College Athlete Payment Should college football players be paid? This was the question T had originally chosen for my extended inquiry project. After doing some research, I quickly discovered that the majority of the information was related to the payment of college athletes in general. At this time, I decided to change my question so that it applied to the universal payment of college athletes. Should college athletes be paid? 1 felt as if this would aid me in discovering an answer to my question. I got the idea for this topic from a group in my UWRT-1101 class. One reason I found this topic to be interesting is that I had never considered how much money some college athletes bring into the university they attend. After conducting some research, I realized that there are many variables that play a role in paying college athletes. One thing to keep in mind is that not only the star players can be paid. Another thing to keep in mind is that not only one sport can be paid. It is not as simple as just giving each athlete a paycheck. ‘The first bit of information I will be sharing is in favor of paying college athletes. ‘According to The New York Times, its now legal for some college athletes to receive payment beyond the traditional sctolashi The NCAA regulations change frequently, which makes it difficult to keep up with. Prior to these new rules, it was illegal for any college athlete to receive any form of monetary compensation for anything pertaining to their collegiate athletic career. However, the payment they will receive may not be exactly what you have in mind. The