David T. Hayes, President | Coe College
David T. Hayes, President | Coe College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $2,164,905, with men’s teams receiving $961,148.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Linn County have grown 160.4%.
Basketball is one of the most popular sports played at U.S. colleges, as well as football. NCAA basketball teams are often as popular as NBA teams, and offer a different experience for fans.
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.
The basketball fund received around 168.57 million dollars from NCAA revenue in 2020–21.
Year | Basketball team's expenditures | % from grand total sport team expenditures | Total Sport Team Expenditures |
---|---|---|---|
2023 | $961,148 | 6.2% | $15,464,020 |
2022 | $1,001,831 | 7.1% | $14,025,879 |
2021 | $740,700 | 6.7% | $11,124,852 |
2020 | $872,293 | 7.3% | $11,997,097 |
2019 | $881,304 | 7.3% | $12,102,072 |