President Christine Riordan | Adelphi University
President Christine Riordan | Adelphi University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $14,770,890, with men’s teams receiving $8,934,106.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Nassau County have grown 126.6%.
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 | $8,934,106 | 9.4% | $94,761,606 |
| 2022 | $7,254,038 | 8.7% | $83,296,444 |
| 2021 | $5,274,389 | 7.9% | $67,035,107 |
| 2020 | $7,326,635 | 9.3% | $78,491,651 |
| 2019 | $7,906,798 | 9.6% | $82,526,790 |
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