SW Kansas News

Finney County's institution invested $816,262 on their football teams in 2023, a 29.5% decrease in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 18.8% of all money invested on sport teams at Garden City Community College during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Finney County have grown 104.7% 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	$816,262	18.8%
2022	$1,158,146	22.5%
2021	$732,228	24.2%
2020	$744,571	23.9%
2019	$791,480	23.6%