Dr. Brent Gregory President | East Central Community College
Dr. Brent Gregory President | East Central Community College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $519,823, with the women’s team receiving $241,474.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Newton County have grown 107.2%.
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 | $241,474 | 8% | $3,023,033 |
| 2022 | $206,321 | 7.7% | $2,693,410 |
| 2021 | $183,653 | 7.9% | $2,334,012 |
| 2020 | $176,394 | 7.5% | $2,342,414 |
| 2019 | $167,054 | 8.2% | $2,043,796 |
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