Dr. Suri Duitch, Interim President | CUNY Kingsborough Community College
Dr. Suri Duitch, Interim President | CUNY Kingsborough Community College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $771,965, with men’s teams receiving $405,507.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Kings County have grown 27.2%.
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 | $405,507 | 5.7% | $7,135,052 |
| 2022 | $1,789,594 | 11.2% | $15,913,873 |
| 2021 | $1,116,347 | 7.5% | $14,798,044 |
| 2020 | $1,650,907 | 9.6% | $17,259,478 |
| 2019 | $1,805,679 | 12.1% | $14,949,506 |
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