Rutland County spent $121,731 on men’s collegiate basketball teams in 2023, representing a 4.5% increase from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $275,840, with the men’s team receiving $121,731.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Rutland County have grown 100.4%.
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 | $121,731 | 3.2% | $3,765,374 |
| 2022 | $116,506 | 3.7% | $3,145,678 |
| 2021 | $99,732 | 4% | $2,512,015 |
| 2020 | $77,693 | 2.9% | $2,646,629 |
| 2019 | $118,260 | 3.7% | $3,210,237 |
