Mansfield Times

Ashland County's institution invested $2,355,396 on their football teams in 2023, an increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 22.5% of all money invested on sport teams at Ashland University during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Ashland County have grown 39.5% 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	$2,355,396	22.5%
2022	$2,295,157	23.4%
2021	$1,704,372	21.9%
2020	$2,079,102	23.6%
2019	$2,018,271	22.9%