\"Nagi G. Naganathan, Ph.D., ASME Fellow President | Oregon Institute Of Technology
\"Nagi G. Naganathan, Ph.D., ASME Fellow President | Oregon Institute Of Technology
The county’s funding for the basketball teams comprised 12.9% of all money invested in sports teams in 2023.
The average sports expenses in Klamath County have grown 247.7% since 2010.
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 the 2020–21 school year.
Year | Basketball Team's Expenditures | % from grand total sport team expenditures |
---|---|---|
2023 | $853,100 | 12.9% |
2022 | $832,587 | 11.5% |
2021 | $689,184 | 12.7% |
2020 | $745,035 | 14% |
2019 | $858,831 | 15.5% |