CDA Reporter

Kootenai County's institution invested $451,746 on their basketball teams in 2023, a 6.5% increase over the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

The county’s funding for the basketball teams comprised 22.9% of all money invested in sports teams in 2023.

The average sports expenses in Kootenai County have grown 10.8% since 2010.

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 the 2020–21 school year.

Year	Basketball Team's Expenditures	% from grand total sport team expenditures
2023	$451,746	22.9%
2022	$424,219	20.5%
2021	$240,225	14.6%
2020	$456,692	20.8%
2019	$435,780	20.1%