Steven Shirley, Ph.D., President | Minot State University
Steven Shirley, Ph.D., President | Minot State University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $1,062,724, with the men’s team receiving $553,440.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Ward County have grown 269.2%.
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 | $553,440 | 7.2% | $7,681,449 |
| 2022 | $524,707 | 7.3% | $7,141,310 |
| 2021 | $479,539 | 8.8% | $5,441,320 |
| 2020 | $482,919 | 9% | $5,387,257 |
| 2019 | $519,788 | 10% | $5,206,708 |
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