Central Montana Times

Hill County's institution invested $878,277 on their football teams in 2023, a 9.4% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 33.2% of all money invested on sport teams at Montana State University-Northern during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Hill County have grown 19.7% 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	$878,277	33.2%
2022	$802,613	31.4%
2021	$716,007	32.6%
2020	$655,002	29.4%
2019	$631,617	32.6%