Jo Anne Carrick, Campus Director | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango
Jo Anne Carrick, Campus Director | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $387,110, with women’s teams receiving $180,321.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Mercer County have grown 126.3%.
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 | $180,321 | 5.7% | $3,163,199 |
| 2022 | $133,919 | 5.4% | $2,465,697 |
| 2021 | $100,777 | 5.1% | $1,992,777 |
| 2020 | $114,422 | 4.9% | $2,336,275 |
| 2019 | $108,539 | 4.7% | $2,307,873 |
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