Dr. Neil Matkin President | Collin County Community College District
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $528,691, with the women’s team receiving $271,442.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Collin County have grown 54.2%.
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 |
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2023 | $271,442 | 35.4% | $766,530 |
2022 | $196,507 | 28.9% | $680,176 |
2021 | $196,919 | 31.4% | $626,291 |
2020 | $202,210 | 29.4% | $687,238 |
2019 | $215,140 | 30.9% | $697,199 |