Jere W. Morehead President of The University of Georgia | president.uga.edu
Jere W. Morehead President of The University of Georgia | president.uga.edu
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $16,372,948, with the men’s team receiving $10,306,498.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Clarke County have grown 130.9%.
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 | $10,306,498 | 5.9% | $176,104,818 |
| 2022 | $14,127,220 | 8.9% | $159,508,178 |
| 2021 | $7,130,192 | 6.3% | $113,240,799 |
| 2020 | $8,304,553 | 6.4% | $129,076,097 |
| 2019 | $7,756,002 | 5.8% | $133,212,381 |
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