Muncie Reporter

Delaware County's institution invested $8,701,842 on their football teams in 2023, a 12.4% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 30% of all money invested on sport teams at Ball State University during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Delaware County have grown 54.4% 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	$8,701,842	30%
2022	$7,742,783	27.1%
2021	$5,985,289	25.8%
2020	$7,323,546	26.8%
2019	$7,135,305	25.6%