NW Missouri Times

Buchanan County's institution invested $2,044,679 on their football teams in 2023, an 8.4% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 22.5% of all money invested on sport teams at Missouri Western State University during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Buchanan County have grown 69.8% 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	$2,044,679	22.5%
2022	$1,887,001	22.8%
2021	$1,708,564	22.8%
2020	$1,633,692	24.4%
2019	$1,886,571	26.2%