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Upshur County's institution invested $873,563 on their football teams in 2023, a 16.3% decrease in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 21.7% of all money invested on sport teams at West Virginia Wesleyan College during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Upshur County have dropped 20.8% 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	$873,563	21.7%
2022	$1,043,201	21.9%
2021	$915,850	20.3%
2020	$1,065,756	21.4%
2019	$1,484,351	25%