Altoona Times

Huntingdon County's institution invested $403,447 on their football teams in 2023, a 17.4% decrease in funding from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

This represents 12.1% of all money invested on sport teams at Juniata College during 2023.

The average sports expenses at Huntingdon County have grown 71.3% 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	$403,447	12.1%
2022	$488,651	13.5%
2021	$0	0%
2020	$471,627	16.1%
2019	$455,277	14.4%