Kelly Ryan, Ph.D. President | Eastern Oregon University
Kelly Ryan, Ph.D. President | Eastern Oregon University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $424,082, with the women’s team receiving $234,491.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Union County have grown 97.5%.
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 | $234,491 | 5% | $4,704,329 |
| 2022 | $271,210 | 5.1% | $5,317,504 |
| 2021 | $199,260 | 4.2% | $4,732,008 |
| 2020 | $278,823 | 6.1% | $4,576,618 |
| 2019 | $290,735 | 6.5% | $4,506,650 |
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