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Saline County's institution invested $3,388,946 on their football teams in 2023, an increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 19.6% of all money invested on sport teams at Missouri Valley College during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Saline County have grown 170.3% 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	$3,388,946	19.6%
2022	$3,307,794	19.8%
2021	$2,634,519	16.3%
2020	$2,689,407	15.3%
2019	$1,272,134	12.4%