Middlesex County spent $10,396,233 on women’s collegiate basketball teams in 2023, representing a 14.4% increase from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $26,677,257, with women’s teams receiving $10,396,233.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Middlesex County have grown 113.5%.
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 | $10,396,233 | 4.5% | $228,500,533 |
| 2022 | $9,087,880 | 4.7% | $193,685,669 |
| 2021 | $5,067,889 | 4.1% | $122,964,074 |
| 2020 | $8,641,076 | 5% | $174,502,246 |
| 2019 | $8,827,169 | 5.2% | $169,405,817 |
