NE Kansas News

Doniphan County's institution invested $638,379 on their football teams in 2023, an 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 Highland Community College during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Doniphan County have grown 63.7% 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.

Year	Football Team's Expenditures	% from grand total sport team expenditures
2023	$638,379	27.1%
2022	$635,836	24.9%
2021	$584,725	24.7%
2020	$583,395	26.5%
2019	$553,978	24.4%