Geoffrey S. Mearns President | Ball State University
Geoffrey S. Mearns President | Ball State University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $4,538,811, with the women’s team receiving $1,859,524.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Delaware County have grown 54.4%.
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 | $1,859,524 | 6.4% | $28,979,328 |
| 2022 | $1,697,807 | 6% | $28,526,892 |
| 2021 | $1,303,652 | 5.6% | $23,243,251 |
| 2020 | $1,625,727 | 5.9% | $27,333,913 |
| 2019 | $1,525,995 | 5.5% | $27,911,651 |
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