Rutherford Times

Rutherford County's institution invested $11,325,803 on their football teams in 2023, a 6.5% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 31.8% of all money invested on sport teams at Middle Tennessee State University during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Rutherford County have grown 86.3% 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	$11,325,803	31.8%
2022	$10,633,592	29.9%
2021	$8,626,316	30.7%
2020	$10,195,755	29.3%
2019	$10,063,147	30.7%