Akron Reporter

Summit County's institution invested $7,943,901 on their football teams in 2023, a 29.5% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 28.1% of all money invested on sport teams at University of Akron Main Campus during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Summit County have grown 22.9% 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	$7,943,901	28.1%
2022	$6,133,980	24.2%
2021	$5,208,310	25.1%
2020	$7,209,428	22.4%
2019	$8,186,577	23%