NW Ohio Times

Defiance County's institution invested $450,948 on their football teams in 2023, an increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 23% of all money invested on sport teams at Defiance College during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Defiance County have grown 42.4% 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	$450,948	23%
2022	$440,700	21.6%
2021	$557,544	27.6%
2020	$581,794	27.2%
2019	$448,396	19.7%