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 women’s teams receiving $6,159,404.
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 | $6,159,404 | 4.5% | $135,992,200 |
| 2022 | $5,089,139 | 4.4% | $114,776,718 |
| 2021 | $3,676,149 | 4.2% | $86,554,361 |
| 2020 | $4,794,034 | 4.6% | $103,910,546 |
| 2019 | $4,516,558 | 4.5% | $101,456,265 |
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