Williamsburg Sun

Williamsburg city's institution invested $8,900,403 on their football teams in 2023, a 49% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 26.1% of all money invested on sport teams at William & Mary during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Williamsburg city have grown 93.9% 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	$8,900,403	26.1%
2022	$5,974,293	21.8%
2021	$6,341,698	25.2%
2020	$8,235,749	27.1%
2019	$7,073,588	22.8%