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 women’s team receiving $5,801,731.
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 | $5,801,731 | 4.2% | $136,891,350 |
| 2022 | $4,583,415 | 3.9% | $117,437,619 |
| 2021 | $3,563,126 | 3.6% | $99,977,454 |
| 2020 | $3,867,351 | 3.6% | $107,842,595 |
| 2019 | $4,628,719 | 4.4% | $105,407,867 |
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