Glacier Country News

Missoula County's institution invested $7,000,083 on their football teams in 2023, a 6.3% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 29.2% of all money invested on sport teams at The University of Montana during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Missoula County have grown 52.6% 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	$7,000,083	29.2%
2022	$6,586,515	29.6%
2021	$4,774,221	26.4%
2020	$6,908,880	30.7%
2019	$5,747,021	26%