Neal Weaver President of Georgia Southwestern State University | gsw.edu
Neal Weaver President of Georgia Southwestern State University | gsw.edu
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $1,578,087, with women’s teams receiving $868,834.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Sumter County have grown 109.7%.
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 | $868,834 | 25.4% | $3,423,809 |
| 2022 | $728,230 | 23% | $3,167,612 |
| 2021 | $797,348 | 26.7% | $2,991,286 |
| 2020 | $727,372 | 29.6% | $2,455,709 |
| 2019 | $680,419 | 27.8% | $2,448,101 |
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