WC New Mexico News

McKinley County did not fund their women’s collegiate basketball teams in 2023, unchanged from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

In contrast, men’s basketball teams in McKinley County received a total of $33,185 in funding.

Since 2010, the average sports expenses in McKinley County have grown 579.8%.

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	$0	0%	$311,335
2022	$0	0%	$236,858
2021	$0	0%	$59,842
2020	$0	0%	$163,438
2019	$0	0%	$236,837