Ben C. Burnett President and CEO | William Carey University
Ben C. Burnett President and CEO | William Carey University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $4,693,524, with women’s teams receiving $2,070,174.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Forrest County have grown 61.8%.
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 | $2,070,174 | 5.9% | $34,903,575 |
| 2022 | $1,935,248 | 6% | $32,034,696 |
| 2021 | $1,561,020 | 5.4% | $28,656,120 |
| 2020 | $1,786,572 | 6.3% | $28,568,501 |
| 2019 | $1,841,730 | 6.5% | $28,414,594 |
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