North Richmond Today

Hanover County's institution invested $609,199 on their football teams in 2023, a 7.5% decrease in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 15.8% of all money invested on sport teams at Randolph-Macon College during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Hanover County have grown 81.5% 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	$609,199	15.8%
2022	$658,817	17.3%
2021	$560,523	18.8%
2020	$652,345	19.1%
2019	$661,122	18.4%