Dr. Joseph Shepard, President | Western New Mexico University
Dr. Joseph Shepard, President | Western New Mexico University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $983,172, with the men’s team receiving $502,674.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Grant County have grown 62.6%.
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 | $502,674 | 10.2% | $4,925,948 |
| 2022 | $323,650 | 10.2% | $3,176,078 |
| 2021 | $303,240 | 10.9% | $2,770,473 |
| 2020 | $264,594 | 11.1% | $2,379,930 |
| 2019 | $288,009 | 10.3% | $2,783,939 |
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