President Dan Mahony, PhD. | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
President Dan Mahony, PhD. | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $3,281,499, with women’s teams receiving $1,680,788.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Madison County have grown 98.2%.
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 | $1,680,788 | 12.6% | $13,362,589 |
| 2022 | $1,447,370 | 11.5% | $12,546,886 |
| 2021 | $1,197,566 | 11.1% | $10,777,697 |
| 2020 | $1,071,381 | 9.4% | $11,445,299 |
| 2019 | $1,171,908 | 10.8% | $10,848,123 |
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