East Pennyroyal News

Taylor County's institution invested $1,326,948 on their football teams in 2023, an 18% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 11% of all money invested on sport teams at Campbellsville University during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Taylor County have grown 103.4% 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	$1,326,948	11%
2022	$1,124,779	10.9%
2021	$1,151,649	10.7%
2020	$1,479,084	12.9%
2019	$1,281,299	11.6%