Wendell Godwin, President | East Central University
Wendell Godwin, President | East Central University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $622,864, with the women’s team receiving $282,873.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Pontotoc County have grown 58.1%.
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 | $282,873 | 7% | $4,032,299 |
| 2022 | $287,755 | 8.3% | $3,465,245 |
| 2021 | $275,176 | 7.8% | $3,537,587 |
| 2020 | $274,757 | 8.9% | $3,086,568 |
| 2019 | $310,577 | 9.7% | $3,216,699 |
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