Badia Ahad Dean of Emory University-Oxford College | oxford.emory.edu
Badia Ahad Dean of Emory University-Oxford College | oxford.emory.edu
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $131,258, with the men’s team receiving $131,258.
Since 2016, the average sports expenses in Newton County have grown 72.2%.
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 | $131,258 | 19.7% | $664,780 |
| 2022 | $144,828 | 21.9% | $660,262 |
| 2021 | $0 | 0% | $272,847 |
| 2020 | $128,696 | 23.4% | $549,237 |
| 2019 | $122,810 | 22.1% | $556,170 |
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