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Addison County's institution invested $672,518 on their football teams in 2023, a 12.3% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 7.2% of all money invested on sport teams at Middlebury College during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Addison County have grown 87.1% 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	$672,518	7.2%
2022	$598,816	7.8%
2021	$0	0%
2020	$505,571	8.5%
2019	$424,053	6.6%