Kenneth D. Daly, President St. Thomas Aquinas College | St. Thomas Aquinas College
Kenneth D. Daly, President St. Thomas Aquinas College | St. Thomas Aquinas College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $2,050,525, with women’s teams receiving $873,039.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Rockland County have grown 113.7%.
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 | $873,039 | 8.2% | $10,683,620 |
| 2022 | $953,941 | 9% | $10,551,650 |
| 2021 | $892,778 | 10.5% | $8,519,268 |
| 2020 | $950,024 | 12.7% | $7,483,417 |
| 2019 | $925,812 | 9.7% | $9,512,387 |
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