East Central Texas News

Henderson County's institution invested $1,234,123 on their football teams in 2023, a 39.5% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 21.6% of all money invested on sport teams at Trinity Valley Community College during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Henderson County have grown 317.8% 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	$1,234,123	21.6%
2022	$884,905	28%
2021	$1,109,405	29.7%
2020	$899,976	33.7%
2019	$922,043	34%