San Antonio Corridor News

Guadalupe County's institution invested $649,764 on their football teams in 2023, a 15.1% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 16.8% of all money invested on sport teams at Texas Lutheran University during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Guadalupe County have grown 74% 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	$649,764	16.8%
2022	$564,496	17.4%
2021	$465,055	17.8%
2020	$591,661	19.6%
2019	$715,119	21.8%