Matthew “Matt” A. Scogin President at Hope College | Hope College
Matthew “Matt” A. Scogin President at Hope College | Hope College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $2,339,707, with women’s teams receiving $1,286,929.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Ottawa County have grown 89.3%.
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 | $1,286,929 | 5.6% | $22,966,561 |
2022 | $1,310,668 | 6.2% | $20,984,933 |
2021 | $911,244 | 5.3% | $17,190,018 |
2020 | $1,043,544 | 5.6% | $18,613,101 |
2019 | $1,012,666 | 5.3% | $19,108,473 |