Melissa Taverner, President | Lyon College
Melissa Taverner, President | Lyon College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $259,233, with the women’s team receiving $124,611.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Independence County have grown 22.7%.
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 | $124,611 | 3.1% | $4,067,679 |
| 2022 | $431,963 | 6.3% | $6,906,997 |
| 2021 | $353,026 | 5.8% | $6,136,836 |
| 2020 | $507,528 | 6.7% | $7,627,337 |
| 2019 | $634,981 | 6.3% | $10,127,746 |
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