Brad Mortensen, President | Weber State University
Brad Mortensen, President | Weber State University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $3,546,042, with the women’s team receiving $1,414,720.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Weber County have grown 91.1%.
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 | $1,414,720 | 7.9% | $17,889,271 |
| 2022 | $1,292,220 | 7.6% | $17,080,383 |
| 2021 | $1,017,655 | 7.4% | $13,710,391 |
| 2020 | $1,123,589 | 7.4% | $15,087,779 |
| 2019 | $975,884 | 6.5% | $14,931,955 |
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