North Iowa Reporter

Bremer County's institution invested $495,959 on their football teams in 2023, a 16.2% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 9.9% of all money invested on sport teams at Wartburg College during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Bremer County have grown 153.5% 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	$495,959	9.9%
2022	$426,823	10.2%
2021	$348,671	11.2%
2020	$426,332	13.2%
2019	$406,142	12.9%