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 women’s teams receiving $3,832,414.
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 | $3,832,414 | 8.6% | $44,722,326 |
2022 | $3,766,904 | 8.9% | $42,245,491 |
2021 | $2,730,632 | 8.7% | $31,227,780 |
2020 | $3,342,107 | 10.1% | $33,147,440 |
2019 | $3,273,090 | 10.6% | $30,956,286 |