Dr. Patrick Jacobson-Schulte President | Briar Cliff University
Dr. Patrick Jacobson-Schulte President | Briar Cliff University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $1,846,668, with women’s teams receiving $990,489.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Woodbury County have grown 58.4%.
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 | $990,489 | 7% | $14,203,294 |
| 2022 | $935,327 | 6.6% | $14,257,157 |
| 2021 | $755,828 | 5.7% | $13,173,143 |
| 2020 | $793,124 | 5.7% | $13,984,435 |
| 2019 | $957,329 | 6.7% | $14,200,514 |
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