Dr. Mike Rakes President at Evangel University | Evangel University
Dr. Mike Rakes President at Evangel University | Evangel University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $8,930,347, with men’s teams receiving $5,097,933.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Greene County have grown 83.9%.
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 | $5,097,933 | 11.4% | $44,722,326 |
| 2022 | $4,901,188 | 11.6% | $42,245,491 |
| 2021 | $3,616,148 | 11.6% | $31,227,780 |
| 2020 | $4,344,396 | 13.1% | $33,147,440 |
| 2019 | $4,251,505 | 13.7% | $30,956,286 |
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