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Nash County's institution invested $589,464 on their football teams in 2023, an increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 18.2% of all money invested on sport teams at North Carolina Wesleyan College during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Nash County have grown 147.8% since 2010.

College football is one of the biggest sports in the U.S., with some college teams eclipsing NFL teams in terms of attendance and profit.

In 2022, after a decades-long fight, student athletes nationwide gained the right to profit from their names, likenesses, and images as a result of a flurry of new state laws and an NCAA policy change.

Year	Football Team's Expenditures	% from grand total sport team expenditures
2023	$589,464	18.2%
2022	$576,217	20.7%
2021	$654,310	25.5%
2020	$593,810	25.3%
2019	$632,387	24.3%