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Mizzou's NIL spending by month
Month
Every True Tiger invoice total
Sept. 2023
$881,446
Oct. 2023
$789,046
Nov. 2023
$825,846
Dec. 2023
$848,313
Jan. 2024
$767,584
Feb. 2024
$824,700
March 2024
$754,200
April 2024
$662,233
May 2024
$991,250
June 2024
$1,619,400
July 2024
$940,900
Aug. 2024
$876,900
Sept. 2024
$1,871,900
Oct. 2024
$902,400
Nov. 2024
$950,850
Dec. 2024
$1,211,500
Jan. 2025
$4,647,950
Feb. 2025
$1,919,100
March 2025
$2,332,150
April 2025
$2,185,950
May 2025
$3,592,850
June 2025
$10,279,300
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Mizzou's 2024 NIL spending by sport
Team
2024 Every True Tiger Invoice Amounts
Percentage of All 2024 Invoices
Football
$7,956,034
64.3%
Men's basketball
$2,907,583
23.5%
Baseball
$488,500
3.9%
Women's Basketball
$648,100
2.8%
Softball
$189,150
1.5%
Wrestling
$146,950
1.2%
Track and Field
$140,000
1.1%
Gymnastics
$97,000
0.8%
Volleyball
$40,000
0.3%
Golf
$30,000
0.2%
Soccer
$20,500
0.2%
Tennis
$10,000
<0.1%
Total
$12,373,817
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Mizzou women's basketball coach Kellie Harper speaks at her introductory press conference on Monday, March 31, 2025, in Columbia, Missouri. (Video by Mizzou Network, used with permission of Mizzou Athletics)
Ethan Erickson | Post-Dispatch
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