Brock Kelley, Ph.D, President | Lurleen B Wallace Community College
Brock Kelley, Ph.D, President | Lurleen B Wallace Community College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $308,315, with the women’s team receiving $142,049.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Covington County have grown 41%.
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 | $142,049 | 16.5% | $858,819 |
| 2022 | $111,852 | 13.5% | $831,010 |
| 2021 | $122,692 | 17.8% | $689,554 |
| 2020 | $136,271 | 19.9% | $685,090 |
| 2019 | $142,614 | 20% | $712,274 |
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