President Tim Sands | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
President Tim Sands | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $15,681,489, with the women’s team receiving $4,005,393.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Montgomery County have grown 133.2%.
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 | $4,005,393 | 3.4% | $117,168,565 |
| 2022 | $3,384,751 | 3.1% | $109,216,783 |
| 2021 | $2,531,211 | 3.5% | $73,151,833 |
| 2020 | $5,089,255 | 5.2% | $97,186,563 |
| 2019 | $4,063,565 | 4.9% | $82,486,221 |
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