ABQ Times

Bernalillo County's institution invested $10,988,147 on their football teams in 2023, a 13.6% increase in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 23.9% of all money invested on sport teams at University of New Mexico-Main Campus during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Bernalillo County have grown 51.7% 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	$10,988,147	23.9%
2022	$9,675,554	22%
2021	$8,249,940	23.9%
2020	$9,600,487	25.5%
2019	$9,160,962	22.9%