Dr. Susan Schultz Huxman, President | Eastern Mennonite University
Dr. Susan Schultz Huxman, President | Eastern Mennonite University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $7,748,424, with men’s teams receiving $4,046,899.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Harrisonburg city have grown 100.8%.
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 | $4,046,899 | 6.8% | $59,911,678 |
| 2022 | $3,704,570 | 6.7% | $54,974,260 |
| 2021 | $3,463,164 | 7.8% | $44,484,272 |
| 2020 | $3,752,884 | 7.5% | $49,999,230 |
| 2019 | $2,858,712 | 5.9% | $48,090,049 |
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