Natalie J. Harder President of Coker University | coker.edu
Natalie J. Harder President of Coker University | coker.edu
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $864,990, with the men’s team receiving $422,854.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Darlington County have grown 223.2%.
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 | $422,854 | 7.1% | $5,930,317 |
| 2022 | $465,581 | 8.9% | $5,257,473 |
| 2021 | $478,388 | 8.4% | $5,667,035 |
| 2020 | $542,224 | 9.3% | $5,861,069 |
| 2019 | $493,974 | 8.8% | $5,628,723 |
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