Eugene J. Cornacchia, Ph.D., President | Saint Peter\'s University
Eugene J. Cornacchia, Ph.D., President | Saint Peter\'s University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $4,040,805, with women’s teams receiving $1,563,602.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Hudson County have grown 32.1%.
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 | $1,563,602 | 9.8% | $16,008,381 |
| 2022 | $1,655,420 | 10% | $16,577,655 |
| 2021 | $1,486,463 | 10.9% | $13,629,898 |
| 2020 | $1,468,325 | 9.4% | $15,638,587 |
| 2019 | $1,650,893 | 10.6% | $15,578,420 |
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