Terry Wilkerson President | Rend Lake College
Terry Wilkerson President | Rend Lake College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $236,065, with the men’s team receiving $121,388.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Jefferson County have dropped 7.8%.
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 | $121,388 | 9.7% | $1,246,397 |
| 2022 | $100,574 | 8.7% | $1,149,929 |
| 2021 | $93,423 | 9.2% | $1,019,399 |
| 2020 | $111,298 | 9.3% | $1,190,836 |
| 2019 | $129,874 | 11.9% | $1,095,276 |
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