Brock Tessman, Ph.D. President | Northern Michigan University
Brock Tessman, Ph.D. President | Northern Michigan University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $1,576,756, with the women’s team receiving $790,045.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Marquette County have grown 126.3%.
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 | $790,045 | 5.7% | $13,911,436 |
| 2022 | $743,016 | 5.9% | $12,587,023 |
| 2021 | $615,206 | 5.9% | $10,409,212 |
| 2020 | $701,547 | 6.2% | $11,366,386 |
| 2019 | $687,557 | 6% | $11,441,366 |
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