Rockingham Times

Rockingham County spent $56,135 on men’s collegiate basketball teams in 2023, representing a 95.9% increase from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $88,633, with the men’s team receiving $56,135.

Since 2016, the average sports expenses in Rockingham County have grown 178.6%.

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	$56,135	27.1%	$206,944
2022	$28,651	17.4%	$164,206
2021	N/A	N/A	N/A
2020	N/A	N/A	N/A
2019	N/A	N/A	N/A