Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, SJ, PhD President | Creighton University
Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, SJ, PhD President | Creighton University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $20,276,894, with women’s teams receiving $4,233,057.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Douglas County have grown 146.1%.
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 | $4,233,057 | 7% | $60,150,391 |
| 2022 | $4,057,986 | 7.9% | $51,515,227 |
| 2021 | $3,245,717 | 7.9% | $40,862,695 |
| 2020 | $2,983,917 | 6.4% | $46,526,884 |
| 2019 | $2,893,016 | 6.2% | $46,982,409 |
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