Kent MacDonald, President and CEO | Northwood University
Kent MacDonald, President and CEO | Northwood University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $1,284,758, with the women’s team receiving $629,551.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Midland County have grown 60.7%.
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 | $629,551 | 7% | $8,975,389 |
| 2022 | $721,633 | 8% | $8,987,291 |
| 2021 | $670,598 | 8.2% | $8,209,301 |
| 2020 | $794,594 | 8.6% | $9,220,410 |
| 2019 | $853,641 | 9% | $9,535,089 |
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