Dr. Ken Atwater President | Hillsborough Community College
Dr. Ken Atwater President | Hillsborough Community College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $12,953,216, with women’s teams receiving $5,340,905.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Hillsborough County have grown 100%.
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 | $5,340,905 | 6% | $89,058,406 |
| 2022 | $4,764,357 | 6.1% | $78,021,917 |
| 2021 | $3,644,085 | 4.9% | $73,943,514 |
| 2020 | $3,813,943 | 5.2% | $74,029,950 |
| 2019 | $3,990,516 | 5.7% | $69,665,753 |
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