Dr. Matt Fowler President | Wabash Valley College
Dr. Matt Fowler President | Wabash Valley College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $459,862, with the women’s team receiving $239,662.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Wabash County have grown 108.5%.
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 |
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2023 | $239,662 | 17.1% | $1,398,813 |
2022 | $233,562 | 17.2% | $1,360,599 |
2021 | $225,623 | 16.9% | $1,332,296 |
2020 | $226,664 | 18.5% | $1,223,735 |
2019 | $274,818 | 23.5% | $1,167,766 |