Upper West SC News

Abbeville County's institution invested $927,572 on their football teams in 2023, an 18.4% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 12.1% of all money invested on sport teams at Erskine College during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Abbeville County have grown 217.5% 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	$927,572	12.1%
2022	$783,484	11.6%
2021	$835,393	13.9%
2020	$738,100	13.3%
2019	$0	0%