LCC President Dr. Matt Seimears | Lower Columbia College
LCC President Dr. Matt Seimears | Lower Columbia College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $138,011, with the men’s team receiving $68,370.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Cowlitz County have grown 18.7%.
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 |
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2023 | $68,370 | 9.7% | $704,207 |
2022 | $61,436 | 9.9% | $622,843 |
2021 | $44,666 | 8.6% | $520,511 |
2020 | $59,106 | 9.5% | $621,221 |
2019 | $55,838 | 9.6% | $584,471 |