Dr. Guiyou Huang, President | Western Illinois University
Dr. Guiyou Huang, President | Western Illinois University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $1,967,359, with the men’s team receiving $1,086,650.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in McDonough County have dropped 18.3%.
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 | $1,086,650 | 13.3% | $8,185,022 |
| 2022 | $1,417,220 | 12.1% | $11,679,844 |
| 2021 | $1,086,650 | 10.2% | $10,700,128 |
| 2020 | $1,102,602 | 9.8% | $11,247,839 |
| 2019 | $1,190,756 | 10% | $11,868,865 |
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