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Cape Girardeau County's institution invested $3,749,930 on their football teams in 2023, a 15.7% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 24.9% of all money invested on sport teams at Southeast Missouri State University during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Cape Girardeau County have grown 94.3% 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	$3,749,930	24.9%
2022	$3,240,627	26.4%
2021	$2,916,177	23.7%
2020	$3,222,861	24.9%
2019	$3,051,705	23.6%