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Poll: Taxpayer dollars shouldn’t fund public college athletics

Overton Insights poll, provided exclusively to The Center Square, finds Americans oppose using tax money to support public college athletic departments during the era of NIL payments.

Published May 27, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT | WFMZZ

A new Overton Insights poll, provided exclusively to The Center Square, shows American taxpayers oppose using tax dollars to fund public college athletic departments. The finding comes as colleges navigate name, image and likeness (NIL) payments to athletes.