Dr. Cheryl Evans Jones, President | Paine College
Dr. Cheryl Evans Jones, President | Paine College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $1,297,961, with women’s teams receiving $555,858.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Richmond County have grown 205.4%.
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 | $555,858 | 7.9% | $7,032,610 |
| 2022 | $654,638 | 10.3% | $6,356,764 |
| 2021 | $435,273 | 10.7% | $4,085,855 |
| 2020 | $661,725 | 10.6% | $6,252,358 |
| 2019 | $653,598 | 9.8% | $6,658,953 |
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