Mid Coast Times

Benton County's institution invested $26,161,742 on their football teams in 2023, a 17.5% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 26.8% of all money invested on sport teams at Oregon State University during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Benton County have grown 100.8% 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	$26,161,742	26.8%
2022	$22,268,492	25.4%
2021	$14,929,699	21.9%
2020	$21,931,124	28.5%
2019	$23,695,109	28.8%