David Shannon President of Freed-Hardeman University | christianchronicle.org
David Shannon President of Freed-Hardeman University | christianchronicle.org
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $1,268,988, with the women’s team receiving $671,922.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Chester County have grown 228.4%.
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 | $671,922 | 8.9% | $7,571,673 |
2022 | $639,046 | 9.3% | $6,907,426 |
2021 | $469,135 | 7.5% | $6,270,839 |
2020 | $486,308 | 9% | $5,423,311 |
2019 | $465,645 | 8.7% | $5,356,637 |