East Panhandle Times

Jefferson County's institution invested $1,720,660 on their football teams in 2023, a 38.1% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 34.1% of all money invested on sport teams at Shepherd University during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Jefferson County have grown 73.6% 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	$1,720,660	34.1%
2022	$1,245,931	30.5%
2021	$930,019	27.7%
2020	$1,278,028	31.7%
2019	$1,346,905	31.1%