President Dr. Joe Hopkins | Campbellsville University
President Dr. Joe Hopkins | Campbellsville University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $1,560,411, with the men’s team receiving $763,603.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Taylor County have grown 103.4%.
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 | $763,603 | 6.3% | $12,098,178 |
2022 | $740,668 | 7.2% | $10,351,808 |
2021 | $759,643 | 7.1% | $10,759,826 |
2020 | $827,530 | 7.2% | $11,494,769 |
2019 | $864,099 | 7.8% | $11,086,488 |