Burlington Reporter

Alamance County's institution invested $6,771,092 on their football teams in 2023, a 14.1% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 20.1% of all money invested on sport teams at Elon University during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Alamance County have grown 107.1% 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	$6,771,092	20.1%
2022	$5,936,512	19.3%
2021	$5,386,658	20%
2020	$5,922,650	19.5%
2019	$6,043,145	19.3%