President Tori Murden McClure | Spalding University
President Tori Murden McClure | Spalding University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $29,820,336, with women’s teams receiving $7,939,870.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Jefferson County have grown 88.9%.
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 | $7,939,870 | 4.7% | $169,427,398 |
| 2022 | $8,367,400 | 5.4% | $154,926,578 |
| 2021 | $5,845,536 | 4.8% | $122,554,726 |
| 2020 | $6,512,268 | 4.4% | $149,670,932 |
| 2019 | $6,849,655 | 4.3% | $158,832,524 |
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