Lowe Delta News

Drew County's institution invested $1,154,230 on their football teams in 2023, a 7.3% decrease in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 27.5% of all money invested on sport teams at University of Arkansas at Monticello during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Drew County have grown 67.1% 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	$1,154,230	27.5%
2022	$1,244,654	30.3%
2021	$1,017,733	28.1%
2020	$1,139,061	30%
2019	$1,105,783	28.5%