Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano | University of Colorado Boulder
Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano | University of Colorado Boulder
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $13,235,692, with the men’s team receiving $8,200,758.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Boulder County have grown 180.8%.
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 | $8,200,758 | 6% | $136,114,468 |
| 2022 | $7,945,016 | 8.3% | $95,981,956 |
| 2021 | $5,156,518 | 8% | $64,551,751 |
| 2020 | $6,568,544 | 7.2% | $91,182,098 |
| 2019 | $7,252,987 | 7.4% | $98,413,285 |
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