Chancellor Michael Reid | The University of Montana-Western
Chancellor Michael Reid | The University of Montana-Western
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $788,993, with the men’s team receiving $366,093.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Beaverhead County have grown 88.5%.
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 | $366,093 | 12% | $3,048,566 |
2022 | $297,435 | 14.4% | $2,069,917 |
2021 | $302,918 | 13.3% | $2,273,407 |
2020 | $303,490 | 12.6% | $2,415,917 |
2019 | $291,842 | 11.3% | $2,578,235 |