East Pennyroyal News

Adair County's institution invested $1,705,911 on their football teams in 2023, a 17.6% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 16.7% of all money invested on sport teams at Lindsey Wilson College during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Adair County have grown 92.1% 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	$1,705,911	16.7%
2022	$1,450,510	15.6%
2021	$1,684,081	17.5%
2020	$1,629,311	17.1%
2019	$1,451,122	16.4%