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Sunflower County's institution invested $443,103 on their football teams in 2023, an 11.1% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 29.7% of all money invested on sport teams at Mississippi Delta Community College during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Sunflower County have grown 72.2% 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	$443,103	29.7%
2022	$398,805	28.8%
2021	$399,578	30.3%
2020	$501,280	36.8%
2019	$435,939	32.7%