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Marquette County's only university spent $2,390,383 on football teams in 2023

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Brock Tessman, Ph.D. President | Northern Michigan University

Brock Tessman, Ph.D. President | Northern Michigan University

Marquette County's institution invested $2,390,383 on their football teams in 2023, a 12.9% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 17.2% of all money invested on sport teams at Northern Michigan University during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Marquette County have grown 126.3% 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.

Football Team's Expenditures in Marquette County in Last 5 Years
YearFootball Team's Expenditures% from grand total sport team expenditures
2023$2,390,38317.2%
2022$2,116,33216.8%
2021$00%
2020$2,117,37518.6%
2019$2,099,09218.3%

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