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Stutsman County’s women’s basketball teams receive $552,286 in 2023

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Polly Peterson, PhD, President | University of Jamestown

Polly Peterson, PhD, President | University of Jamestown

Stutsman County spent $552,286 on women’s collegiate basketball teams in 2023, representing a 13.5% increase from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $1,194,040, with the women’s team receiving $552,286.

Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Stutsman County have grown 313.1%.

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.

Women’s Basketball Team's Expenditures of Stutsman County Over Last 5 Years
YearBasketball team's expenditures% from grand total sport team expendituresTotal Sport Team Expenditures
2023$552,2865.5%$9,980,695
2022$486,7185.1%$9,560,422
2021$384,0394.6%$8,436,947
2020$427,4095.8%$7,317,538
2019$337,2735.4%$6,217,653

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