SW Kansas News

Ford County's institution invested $710,557 on their football teams in 2023, a 7.8% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 18.7% of all money invested on sport teams at Dodge City Community College during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Ford County have grown 192.3% 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	$710,557	18.7%
2022	$659,230	19.6%
2021	$626,885	19.8%
2020	$535,074	24.6%
2019	$526,806	23.4%