President Herbert L. King Jr. | Lees-McRae College
President Herbert L. King Jr. | Lees-McRae College
The average sports expenses at Avery County have grown 61.7% 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.