President Frank H. Wu | CUNY Queens College
President Frank H. Wu | CUNY Queens College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $16,792,977, with women’s teams receiving $4,354,509.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Queens County have dropped 7.1%.
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 | $4,354,509 | 8.5% | $51,384,907 |
| 2022 | $3,730,692 | 8.1% | $45,850,954 |
| 2021 | $3,075,767 | 9% | $34,345,940 |
| 2020 | $3,751,986 | 8.4% | $44,894,131 |
| 2019 | $3,281,236 | 7.5% | $43,915,673 |
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