Upper West SC News

Laurens County's institution invested $1,499,028 on their football teams in 2023, an increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 12.3% of all money invested on sport teams at Presbyterian College during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Laurens County have grown 17.2% 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	$1,499,028	12.3%
2022	$1,457,099	12.8%
2021	$1,349,997	13.5%
2020	$2,016,994	16.1%
2019	$1,741,588	14.3%