Jeremy Whitaker Acting President | Limestone University
Jeremy Whitaker Acting President | Limestone University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $1,076,105, with the women’s team receiving $471,229.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Cherokee County have grown 102%.
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 | $471,229 | 4.2% | $11,184,418 |
2022 | $494,114 | 5.1% | $9,758,220 |
2021 | $560,393 | 5.8% | $9,699,409 |
2020 | $463,174 | 3.4% | $13,462,235 |
2019 | $481,485 | 4.1% | $11,809,266 |