Peoria Standard

Woodford County's institution invested $232,078 on their football teams in 2023, a 22.6% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 13.8% of all money invested on sport teams at Eureka College during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Woodford County have grown 103.3% 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	$232,078	13.8%
2022	$189,373	14.6%
2021	$174,922	16.3%
2020	$216,662	18.1%
2019	$243,242	20.8%