Brad Baca President of Western Colorado University | western.edu
Brad Baca President of Western Colorado University | western.edu
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $1,114,942, with the women’s team receiving $604,939.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Gunnison County have grown 125.1%.
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 | $604,939 | 7.8% | $7,737,193 |
| 2022 | $609,776 | 9.3% | $6,549,973 |
| 2021 | $439,860 | 8.8% | $5,015,567 |
| 2020 | $438,489 | 9.1% | $4,839,046 |
| 2019 | $509,753 | 9.1% | $5,603,472 |
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