Lafayette Reporter

Lafayette Parish's institution invested $12,908,059 on their football teams in 2023, a decrease in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 33.1% of all money invested on sport teams at University of Louisiana at Lafayette during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Lafayette Parish have grown 215.3% 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	$12,908,059	33.1%
2022	$13,433,921	34.4%
2021	$11,414,434	36.4%
2020	$11,907,780	35.4%
2019	$11,050,193	32.7%