Wesley A. Payne, Ph.D., President | Three Rivers College
Wesley A. Payne, Ph.D., President | Three Rivers College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $783,483, with the women’s team receiving $399,260.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Butler County have grown 95.7%.
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 | $399,260 | 19.4% | $2,062,797 |
| 2022 | $391,670 | 20.2% | $1,942,726 |
| 2021 | $307,178 | 17.2% | $1,784,827 |
| 2020 | $313,351 | 17.8% | $1,762,922 |
| 2019 | $319,657 | 18.2% | $1,757,208 |
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