Dr. Marcus Jones President | Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Dr. Marcus Jones President | Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $1,903,466, with the women’s team receiving $803,684.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Natchitoches Parish have grown 24.7%.
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 | $803,684 | 7.4% | $10,802,623 |
| 2022 | $916,581 | 7.8% | $11,812,575 |
| 2021 | $826,380 | 9.7% | $8,510,436 |
| 2020 | $993,273 | 8.4% | $11,764,041 |
| 2019 | $944,780 | 7.9% | $11,908,037 |
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