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Butler County's only university spent $9,527,038 on football teams in 2023

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Elizabeth Reitz Mullenix, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs | Miami University-Oxford

Elizabeth Reitz Mullenix, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs | Miami University-Oxford

Butler County's institution invested $9,527,038 on their football teams in 2023, an 8.1% decrease in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 24.3% of all money invested on sport teams at Miami University-Oxford during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Butler County have grown 52.9% 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.

Football Team's Expenditures in Butler County in Last 5 Years
YearFootball Team's Expenditures% from grand total sport team expenditures
2023$9,527,03824.3%
2022$10,362,80127.4%
2021$7,293,11624.3%
2020$9,291,11024.6%
2019$9,272,01023.9%

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