Guffey 4 conducting a survey. I was actually surprised with the results I received. I felt like most people would disagree with the payment of college athletes because it does not seem fair to the average college student. The results for the rest of the survey questions are attached to the back of this essay. In conclusion, there are many arguments both for and against the payment of college athletes. As I discovered very early on, it will take me longer than this semester to develop an answer to my inquiry question. With that being said, I have not yet decided whether I support or oppose the payment of college athletes. However, iI had to choose a side then I am leaning ‘more towards the opposing side. My main reason for this is because many normal college, / students experience the same issues as college athletes. Being a college student, I realize that Rare ge Sconce eee ey ere eho eee ge ‘management. As an engineering major, there have been many times where I have had to make a decision about which assignments were more important because there simply was not enough hours in the day to complete all of them. College athletes chose to play a sport while getting their education so I believe they should leam to manage their time and money just like every Gry se other college student. I believe there are too many variables involved with paying college athletes to develop an efficient payment plan. Throughout this project, I began to question if professional athletes are overpaid. I would like to further explore the payment of professional athletes in order to determine if they are worth the amount they are paid. I plan to stay up-to- date with information pertaining to my topic even after this course is complete so that I can hopefilly discover an answer to my inquiry question!