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Olmsted County's institution invested $132,887 on their football teams in 2023, a 5.8% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 13.4% of all money invested on sport teams at Rochester Community and Technical College during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Olmsted County have grown 100.7% 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	$132,887	13.4%
2022	$125,595	14%
2021	$33,780	4.8%
2020	$153,485	16%
2019	$145,001	14.8%