NW Missouri Times

Nodaway County's institution invested $3,035,181 on their football teams in 2023, an increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 25.9% of all money invested on sport teams at Northwest Missouri State University during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Nodaway County have grown 81.1% 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	$3,035,181	25.9%
2022	$3,015,563	26.8%
2021	$2,364,443	25.3%
2020	$2,550,256	26%
2019	$2,603,760	26.8%