President L. Marshall Washington, Ph.D., | Kalamazoo Valley Community College
President L. Marshall Washington, Ph.D., | Kalamazoo Valley Community College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $4,224,603, with women’s teams receiving $1,855,738.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Kalamazoo County have grown 101.8%.
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 | $1,855,738 | 4.2% | $44,529,079 |
| 2022 | $1,602,824 | 4.2% | $38,246,139 |
| 2021 | $1,176,069 | 4.7% | $24,892,770 |
| 2020 | $1,718,312 | 4.6% | $37,181,499 |
| 2019 | $1,823,287 | 4.8% | $37,595,408 |
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