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 women’s team receiving $6,066,450.
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 | $6,066,450 | 3.4% | $176,104,818 |
| 2022 | $6,883,769 | 4.3% | $159,508,178 |
| 2021 | $3,726,131 | 3.3% | $113,240,799 |
| 2020 | $4,364,698 | 3.4% | $129,076,097 |
| 2019 | $4,106,089 | 3.1% | $133,212,381 |
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