Florida Parish News

Tangipahoa Parish's institution invested $4,264,104 on their football teams in 2023, a 6.6% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 27.1% of all money invested on sport teams at Southeastern Louisiana University during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Tangipahoa Parish have grown 109.9% 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	$4,264,104	27.1%
2022	$4,000,069	27.2%
2021	$3,500,193	27.1%
2020	$3,983,228	27.8%
2019	$3,710,288	26.7%