President Garnett S. Stokes | University of New Mexico-Main Campus
President Garnett S. Stokes | University of New Mexico-Main Campus
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $7,687,057, with the women’s team receiving $2,778,178.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Bernalillo County have grown 51.7%.
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 | $2,778,178 | 6% | $45,941,398 |
| 2022 | $2,419,409 | 5.5% | $43,922,247 |
| 2021 | $1,891,844 | 5.5% | $34,542,739 |
| 2020 | $2,519,135 | 6.7% | $37,576,010 |
| 2019 | $2,438,241 | 6.1% | $39,982,066 |
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