Clarksville Times

Montgomery County's institution invested $5,397,432 on their football teams in 2023, a 29.3% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 24.3% of all money invested on sport teams at Austin Peay State University during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Montgomery County have grown 198.8% 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	$5,397,432	24.3%
2022	$4,174,731	25.5%
2021	$3,940,936	27.8%
2020	$4,601,606	31.1%
2019	$4,129,068	28.1%