Mark T. Brainard President | Delaware Technical Community College-Terry
Mark T. Brainard President | Delaware Technical Community College-Terry
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $1,892,214, with women’s teams receiving $661,736.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Kent County have grown 35.7%.
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 | $661,736 | 3.9% | $17,012,901 |
| 2022 | $1,002,634 | 6.8% | $14,838,205 |
| 2021 | $868,228 | 6.3% | $13,698,707 |
| 2020 | $1,247,667 | 10.5% | $11,901,691 |
| 2019 | $1,329,666 | 10.1% | $13,176,349 |
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