Concho Valley News

Tom Green County's institution invested $1,884,992 on their football teams in 2023, a 7.9% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 21.3% of all money invested on sport teams at Angelo State University during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Tom Green County have grown 106.8% 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	$1,884,992	21.3%
2022	$1,746,296	21.6%
2021	$1,484,494	21.1%
2020	$1,616,447	23.1%
2019	$1,789,527	24.9%