Roger Stanford, Ph.D, President | Western Technical College
Roger Stanford, Ph.D, President | Western Technical College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $1,127,438, with women’s teams receiving $528,912.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in La Crosse County have grown 160.3%.
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 | $528,912 | 5.5% | $9,704,633 |
| 2022 | $435,109 | 5.5% | $7,977,405 |
| 2021 | $313,935 | 5.4% | $5,827,654 |
| 2020 | $427,655 | 6% | $7,134,730 |
| 2019 | $390,060 | 5.5% | $7,042,903 |
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