Dr. Adrien Bennings, President | Portland Community College
Dr. Adrien Bennings, President | Portland Community College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $10,965,342, with men’s teams receiving $6,315,466.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Multnomah County have grown 104.7%.
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 | $6,315,466 | 12% | $52,414,552 |
| 2022 | $5,638,573 | 12.1% | $46,641,430 |
| 2021 | $4,715,606 | 11.9% | $39,535,154 |
| 2020 | $5,482,297 | 13.4% | $40,928,985 |
| 2019 | $6,463,003 | 14.6% | $44,247,128 |
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