East Tennessee State University football teams receive $4,149,549 in 2022

East Tennessee State University of Johnson City spent $4,149,549 on football teams in 2022, a 7.2% increase over the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

The $4,149,549 spent on football teams equaled 24.5% of all sports spending at the university in 2022.

The average sport expenses at East Tennessee State University grew 102.6% 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 teams' expenditure	% from grand total sport team expenditures
2018	$4,815,836	24.2
2019	$3,883,031	23
2020	$3,791,270	23.2
2021	$3,870,090	24.4
2022	$4,149,549	24.5