Jay Morgan President | Morehead State University
Jay Morgan President | Morehead State University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $2,669,592, with the men’s team receiving $1,545,120.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Rowan County have grown 37.2%.
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 | $1,545,120 | 16.5% | $9,349,505 |
| 2022 | $1,388,973 | 15.6% | $8,926,259 |
| 2021 | $1,115,712 | 16.1% | $6,949,063 |
| 2020 | $1,156,439 | 14.3% | $8,075,546 |
| 2019 | $1,361,968 | 15.1% | $9,000,248 |
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