Lee H. Roberts Chancellor of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | unc.edu
Lee H. Roberts Chancellor of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | unc.edu
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $16,561,653, with the men’s team receiving $10,759,922.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Orange County have grown 103.2%.
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 | $10,759,922 | 7.9% | $136,891,350 |
2022 | $12,445,368 | 10.6% | $117,437,619 |
2021 | $8,116,597 | 8.1% | $99,977,454 |
2020 | $9,156,512 | 8.5% | $107,842,595 |
2019 | $11,204,115 | 10.6% | $105,407,867 |