SLO Reporter

San Luis Obispo County spent $2,002,050 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 $4,343,044, with women’s teams receiving $2,002,050.

Since 2010, the average sports expenses in San Luis Obispo County have grown 122.2%.

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	$2,002,050	6.2%	$32,099,086
2022	$1,714,498	5.9%	$29,162,592
2021	$1,513,236	6.7%	$22,591,100
2020	$1,773,795	6.6%	$26,780,541
2019	$1,721,938	5.3%	$32,773,266