Pamela Lau President of Parkland College | highered.aspeninstitute.org
Pamela Lau President of Parkland College | highered.aspeninstitute.org
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $20,480,406, with men’s teams receiving $14,321,002.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Champaign County have grown 158.6%.
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 | $14,321,002 | 10.5% | $135,992,200 |
| 2022 | $13,295,495 | 11.6% | $114,776,718 |
| 2021 | $9,077,443 | 10.5% | $86,554,361 |
| 2020 | $11,715,850 | 11.3% | $103,910,546 |
| 2019 | $10,583,685 | 10.4% | $101,456,265 |
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