Tri-City Sun

Saginaw County's institution invested $2,027,893 on their football teams in 2023, a 6.5% decrease in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 21% of all money invested on sport teams at Saginaw Valley State University during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Saginaw County have grown 101.8% 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	$2,027,893	21%
2022	$2,168,937	22.7%
2021	$0	0%
2020	$1,905,990	23.4%
2019	$1,791,832	21.6%