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 women’s teams receiving $4,649,876.
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 | $4,649,876 | 8.9% | $52,414,552 |
| 2022 | $4,412,287 | 9.5% | $46,641,430 |
| 2021 | $3,593,368 | 9.1% | $39,535,154 |
| 2020 | $3,771,021 | 9.2% | $40,928,985 |
| 2019 | $4,049,407 | 9.2% | $44,247,128 |
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