Jayathi Y. Murthy President | Oregon State University
Jayathi Y. Murthy President | Oregon State University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $11,758,999, with the women’s team receiving $4,673,877.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Benton County have grown 100.8%.
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 | $4,673,877 | 4.8% | $97,792,784 |
| 2022 | $4,092,111 | 4.7% | $87,727,179 |
| 2021 | $3,181,327 | 4.7% | $68,306,135 |
| 2020 | $4,637,662 | 6% | $77,034,669 |
| 2019 | $4,736,990 | 5.8% | $82,364,021 |
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