Brien Lewis, President | Transylvania University
Brien Lewis, President | Transylvania University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $30,461,454, with men’s teams receiving $24,401,094.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Fayette County have grown 118.9%.
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 | $24,401,094 | 14.3% | $170,522,920 |
| 2022 | $22,889,657 | 14.8% | $155,112,329 |
| 2021 | $17,907,073 | 15.2% | $117,590,620 |
| 2020 | $18,614,698 | 13.1% | $141,703,286 |
| 2019 | $20,580,440 | 14% | $146,817,632 |
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