Dr. Cheryl Lesser, President | Great Bay Community College
Dr. Cheryl Lesser, President | Great Bay Community College
The county’s funding for the basketball teams comprised 42.8% of all money invested in sports teams in 2023.
The average sports expenses in Rockingham County have grown 178.6% since 2016.
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 the 2020–21 school year.
Year | Basketball Team's Expenditures | % from grand total sport team expenditures |
---|---|---|
2023 | $88,633 | 42.8% |
2022 | $50,191 | 30.6% |
2021 | $0 | 0% |
2020 | $47,067 | 32.9% |
2019 | $0 | 0% |
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