Guffey 2 payment will be in the form of a trust fund that the athlete will be eligible to access after they graduate, (Strauss, Ben, and Mare Tracy Another change recently made to the NCAA rules and regulations is that a Division I college athlete is allowed to have a job as long as it falls within the criteria stated. (Bransford) However, as many college athletes would agree, itis very sit to work a job while playing a college sport as well as keeping up academically. Therefore, most college athletes choose not to be employed while playing a sport. Even though some college athletes receive scholarships, they still experience financial issues just like other college students. The college athletes that do not have time to work a job and are experiencing financial struggles will not benefit from the trust fund payment. This brings up the question of just how beneficial is the trust fund going to be? I do not feel as if the trust fund will help the college athletes experiencing financial struggles while in school, but I do believe it may prevent financial issues after graduation. Overall, Ido not think this was the best way to help college athletes overcome their financial trouble I will now be sharing the information I discovered that opposes the payment of college athletes. According to The Asia-Pacific Economics Blog, one major con of paying college athletes is that it takes away from the real meaning of college sports, which is to promote sportspphnship between students and schools, agree that college sports should revolve around having a good time and making memories rather than focusing on earning a salary. 1 realize that many college athletes are trying to make it to the professional level, but in reality there will only be a select gf that get this opportunity. Another con of paying athletes is that every sport would have to be paid. Not only will the star players of each sport be paid, but every athlete would need to be paid in order to ensure faimess. (Paying College Athletes Pros and Copy It would be difficult for the smaller universities to find funding to pay the athletes, especially for the less