Susan Traverso, Ph.D. President | Thiel College
Susan Traverso, Ph.D. President | Thiel College
The county’s funding for the basketball teams comprised 10.1% of all money invested in sports teams in 2023.
The average sports expenses in Mercer County have grown 102.6% since 2010.
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 the 2020–21 school year.
Year | Basketball Team's Expenditures | % from grand total sport team expenditures |
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2023 | $282,900 | 10.1% |
2022 | $266,624 | 10.8% |
2021 | $226,122 | 11.3% |
2020 | $241,136 | 11.2% |
2019 | $234,086 | 10.7% |