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Barnes County's institution invested $699,547 on their football teams in 2023, an 8.1% 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 Valley City State University during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Barnes County have grown 125.3% 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	$699,547	22.5%
2022	$646,958	21.9%
2021	$679,344	22.5%
2020	$675,418	24.8%
2019	$732,478	23.2%