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 women’s teams receiving $3,701,525.
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 | $3,701,525 | 6.2% | $59,911,678 |
| 2022 | $3,046,039 | 5.5% | $54,974,260 |
| 2021 | $2,671,323 | 6% | $44,484,272 |
| 2020 | $2,681,385 | 5.4% | $49,999,230 |
| 2019 | $2,792,023 | 5.8% | $48,090,049 |
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