Chicago City Wire

Cook County spent $35,524,080 on men’s collegiate basketball teams in 2023, representing a 20% increase from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $54,623,255, with men’s teams receiving $35,524,080.

Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Cook County have grown 106.3%.

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	$35,524,080	13.8%	$257,998,107
2022	$29,592,833	12.7%	$233,748,383
2021	$22,454,249	11.6%	$192,910,743
2020	$27,484,978	12.3%	$222,605,918
2019	$27,947,938	12.9%	$216,901,707