Kathleen Linaker, President | Riverland Community College
Kathleen Linaker, President | Riverland Community College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $125,684, with the women’s team receiving $60,056.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Mower County have grown 78.6%.
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 | $60,056 | 14.5% | $412,937 |
| 2022 | $50,801 | 14.6% | $348,563 |
| 2021 | $32,917 | 17.8% | $185,034 |
| 2020 | $31,034 | 12.3% | $252,938 |
| 2019 | $0 | 0% | $196,051 |
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