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 women’s team receiving $578,840.
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 | $578,840 | 7.3% | $7,950,295 |
| 2022 | $622,574 | 8.8% | $7,063,525 |
| 2021 | $460,154 | 6.8% | $6,780,497 |
| 2020 | $637,145 | 8.6% | $7,380,059 |
| 2019 | $686,176 | 9.2% | $7,438,804 |
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