Dr. Bradley Andrews, President of Brevard College | brevard.edu
Dr. Bradley Andrews, President of Brevard College | brevard.edu
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $315,207, with the women’s team receiving $146,809.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Transylvania County have dropped 21.6%.
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 | $146,809 | 5% | $2,931,926 |
| 2022 | $138,761 | 5% | $2,802,038 |
| 2021 | $113,106 | 4.4% | $2,571,542 |
| 2020 | $131,670 | 4.7% | $2,795,431 |
| 2019 | $128,942 | 4.6% | $2,816,606 |
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