West Twin Cities

Carver County's institution invested $470,141 on their football teams in 2023, a 54.7% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 22.5% of all money invested on sport teams at Crown College during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Carver County have grown 171.6% 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	$470,141	22.5%
2022	$303,924	18.1%
2021	$192,182	12.4%
2020	$163,484	17.4%
2019	$276,424	23.9%