Dr. Todd Holcomb, President | Hawkeye Community College
Dr. Todd Holcomb, President | Hawkeye Community College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $4,762,994, with men’s teams receiving $3,296,659.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Black Hawk County have dropped 29.1%.
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 | $3,296,659 | 16.9% | $19,471,896 |
| 2022 | $3,495,093 | 18.3% | $19,046,870 |
| 2021 | $2,413,381 | 15.5% | $15,585,191 |
| 2020 | $3,258,224 | 18.2% | $17,883,082 |
| 2019 | $3,550,793 | 17.7% | $20,024,501 |
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