President Dr. Scott Rich | Sterling College
President Dr. Scott Rich | Sterling College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $644,347, with the men’s team receiving $452,476.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Rice County have grown 23.6%.
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 |
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2023 | $452,476 | 9.6% | $4,708,463 |
2022 | $447,739 | 7.7% | $5,785,197 |
2021 | $412,675 | 8.1% | $5,084,413 |
2020 | $437,186 | 8.1% | $5,385,053 |
2019 | $463,866 | 8.7% | $5,328,218 |