NE Iowa News

Winneshiek County's institution invested $524,893 on their football teams in 2023, a 7% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 11.3% of all money invested on sport teams at Luther College during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Winneshiek County have grown 77.9% 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	$524,893	11.3%
2022	$490,441	12.5%
2021	$398,197	12.7%
2020	$463,497	12.6%
2019	$448,172	11.2%