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Crawford County's institution invested $2,804,883 on their football teams in 2023, an 18.7% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 29.2% of all money invested on sport teams at Pittsburg State University during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Crawford County have grown 88.8% 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	$2,804,883	29.2%
2022	$2,363,517	25.1%
2021	$2,154,083	25.8%
2020	$2,281,510	24.9%
2019	$1,806,143	28.8%