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Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $1,184,718, with women’s teams receiving $459,903.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Rapides Parish have grown 309.4%.
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 | $459,903 | 6.4% | $7,237,831 |
2022 | $463,740 | 7.9% | $5,841,778 |
2021 | $256,845 | 6.7% | $3,850,455 |
2020 | $308,836 | 8.2% | $3,771,741 |
2019 | $352,496 | 8.6% | $4,116,704 |