Tania Tetlow President | Fordham University
Tania Tetlow President | Fordham University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $18,761,047, with women’s teams receiving $7,093,495.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Bronx County have grown 118%.
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 | $7,093,495 | 9.5% | $74,279,182 |
| 2022 | $6,707,949 | 9.7% | $69,221,949 |
| 2021 | $4,937,649 | 8.9% | $55,276,972 |
| 2020 | $5,849,774 | 8.6% | $67,707,829 |
| 2019 | $5,641,259 | 8.2% | $68,722,106 |
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