Wendy Wintersteen President | president.iastate.edu
Wendy Wintersteen President | president.iastate.edu
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $13,598,831, with the women’s team receiving $5,271,866.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Story County have grown 99.3%.
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 | $5,271,866 | 5.7% | $92,987,544 |
| 2022 | $4,504,746 | 5.2% | $86,715,005 |
| 2021 | $3,353,825 | 4.4% | $75,843,212 |
| 2020 | $4,123,387 | 5.4% | $76,683,767 |
| 2019 | $4,336,491 | 5.4% | $79,763,540 |
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