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Atchison County's institution invested $2,750,049 on their football teams in 2023, a 6% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 30.6% of all money invested on sport teams at Benedictine College during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Atchison County have grown 108.7% 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	$2,750,049	30.6%
2022	$2,594,534	31%
2021	$2,564,990	33%
2020	$2,574,267	33.5%
2019	$2,862,863	34.6%