Yellow Medicine County spent $96,082 on women’s collegiate basketball teams in 2023, representing a 39.6% increase from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $148,657, with the women’s team receiving $96,082.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Yellow Medicine County have grown 83.8%.
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 | $96,082 | 16% | $601,885 |
| 2022 | $68,807 | 14.6% | $472,813 |
| 2021 | $51,169 | 13.8% | $371,026 |
| 2020 | $57,151 | 13.5% | $423,734 |
| 2019 | $44,112 | 13.3% | $330,739 |
