Roger Drake, President | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Roger Drake, President | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $1,378,570, with the women’s team receiving $683,548.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Howard County have grown 232.6%.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $683,548 | 6.4% | $10,608,611 |
| 2022 | $642,353 | 6.2% | $10,436,331 |
| 2021 | $590,774 | 7% | $8,424,115 |
| 2020 | $642,449 | 7.5% | $8,581,696 |
| 2019 | $547,270 | 8% | $6,806,778 |
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