President Michael Driscoll | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus
President Michael Driscoll | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $1,488,205, with the men’s team receiving $909,365.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Indiana County have grown 39.9%.
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 | $909,365 | 11.4% | $7,950,295 |
| 2022 | $878,923 | 12.4% | $7,063,525 |
| 2021 | $683,497 | 10.1% | $6,780,497 |
| 2020 | $825,543 | 11.2% | $7,380,059 |
| 2019 | $862,643 | 11.6% | $7,438,804 |
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