New River Valley Times

Montgomery County's institution invested $38,543,671 on their football teams in 2023, an increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 32.9% of all money invested on sport teams at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Montgomery County have grown 133.2% 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	$38,543,671	32.9%
2022	$37,820,809	34.6%
2021	$20,196,051	27.6%
2020	$35,625,481	36.7%
2019	$30,123,282	36.5%