Valerie Sheares Ashby, President | University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Valerie Sheares Ashby, President | University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $9,741,501, with women’s teams receiving $4,320,822.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Baltimore County have grown 63%.
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 | $4,320,822 | 7.5% | $57,312,739 |
| 2022 | $3,948,187 | 7.3% | $54,122,260 |
| 2021 | $3,116,093 | 7% | $44,716,900 |
| 2020 | $4,054,939 | 7.7% | $52,502,246 |
| 2019 | $3,621,127 | 7.3% | $49,758,019 |
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