NE Mississippi News

Prentiss County's institution invested $939,344 on their football teams in 2023, an 18.3% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 32.2% of all money invested on sport teams at Northeast Mississippi Community College during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Prentiss County have grown 140.5% 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	$939,344	32.2%
2022	$793,919	33.5%
2021	$791,456	34.9%
2020	$791,218	36.5%
2019	$736,182	36.1%