Chancellor R. Kirby Godsey | Mercer University
Chancellor R. Kirby Godsey | Mercer University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $4,555,916, with women’s teams receiving $2,237,259.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Bibb County have grown 92.8%.
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 | $2,237,259 | 8.1% | $27,726,020 |
| 2022 | $2,168,186 | 9% | $24,202,215 |
| 2021 | $1,991,982 | 8.3% | $23,882,208 |
| 2020 | $1,789,888 | 7.7% | $23,189,565 |
| 2019 | $1,996,073 | 8.5% | $23,406,139 |
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