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Payne County's institution invested $31,583,888 on their football teams in 2023, a 7.9% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 26.7% of all money invested on sport teams at Oklahoma State University-Main Campus during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Payne County have grown 96.5% 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	$31,583,888	26.7%
2022	$29,271,573	29.1%
2021	$18,693,885	24.8%
2020	$24,398,875	27.5%
2019	$24,289,694	26.8%