Butte County spent $555,867 on women’s collegiate basketball teams in 2023, representing a 16.8% increase from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $1,284,408, with women’s teams receiving $555,867.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Butte County have grown 54.6%.
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 | $555,867 | 6.7% | $8,282,979 |
| 2022 | $476,116 | 6% | $7,885,013 |
| 2021 | $0 | 0% | $614,234 |
| 2020 | $514,494 | 6.8% | $7,525,273 |
| 2019 | $480,004 | 7.1% | $6,719,532 |
