NE Oklahoma News

Ottawa County's institution invested $827,543 on their football teams in 2023, a 15.5% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 32.6% of all money invested on sport teams at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Ottawa County have grown 125.1% 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	$827,543	32.6%
2022	$716,593	30.2%
2021	$928,557	33.8%
2020	$1,061,861	38.3%
2019	$1,145,728	39.2%