Brendan B. Kelly, Ph.D., President | University of West Georgia
Brendan B. Kelly, Ph.D., President | University of West Georgia
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $1,274,904, with the women’s team receiving $610,584.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Carroll County have grown 188.4%.
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 | $610,584 | 5.9% | $10,263,310 |
| 2022 | $485,324 | 4.7% | $10,220,717 |
| 2021 | $415,133 | 5.3% | $7,764,422 |
| 2020 | $487,210 | 6.3% | $7,764,674 |
| 2019 | $433,177 | 5.5% | $7,846,464 |
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