Dr. Jim Henderson President | Louisiana Tech University
Dr. Jim Henderson President | Louisiana Tech University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $6,531,198, with men’s teams receiving $3,649,194.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Lincoln Parish have grown 103.5%.
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 | $3,649,194 | 9% | $40,497,769 |
| 2022 | $3,517,350 | 9.4% | $37,478,530 |
| 2021 | $2,968,373 | 9.9% | $30,088,327 |
| 2020 | $3,533,276 | 11.3% | $31,287,650 |
| 2019 | $3,469,459 | 10.8% | $32,236,395 |
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