Andrea Talentino President | Augustana College
Andrea Talentino President | Augustana College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $566,970, with men’s teams receiving $299,333.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Rock Island County have grown 43.9%.
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 | $299,333 | 5.4% | $5,500,651 |
| 2022 | $349,496 | 6.8% | $5,113,308 |
| 2021 | $235,562 | 6% | $3,912,232 |
| 2020 | $401,571 | 8.8% | $4,566,096 |
| 2019 | $497,532 | 9.7% | $5,155,552 |
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