Dr. Lori Stewart Gonzalez, President | Ohio University-Main Campus
Dr. Lori Stewart Gonzalez, President | Ohio University-Main Campus
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $5,432,609, with men’s teams receiving $3,568,150.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Athens County have dropped 31.1%.
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 | $3,568,150 | 11.5% | $31,101,460 |
| 2022 | $3,425,133 | 12% | $28,483,768 |
| 2021 | $2,477,637 | 11.1% | $22,264,548 |
| 2020 | $2,871,460 | 10.6% | $26,977,859 |
| 2019 | $3,369,449 | 11.6% | $28,942,957 |
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