Daniel Kinney President of Iowa Western Community College | iwcc.edu
Daniel Kinney President of Iowa Western Community College | iwcc.edu
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $527,543, with the women’s team receiving $223,869.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Pottawattamie County have grown 169.9%.
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 | $223,869 | 2.8% | $7,905,551 |
| 2022 | $253,614 | 3.4% | $7,430,128 |
| 2021 | $331,902 | 5% | $6,647,986 |
| 2020 | $376,943 | 5.7% | $6,584,660 |
| 2019 | $357,572 | 5.6% | $6,394,937 |
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