President Marion Ross Fedrick | Albany State University
President Marion Ross Fedrick | Albany State University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $677,457, with women’s teams receiving $337,731.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Dougherty County have grown 70.5%.
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 | $337,731 | 9.2% | $3,667,935 |
| 2022 | $411,740 | 10.3% | $3,985,214 |
| 2021 | $305,649 | 11.1% | $2,751,088 |
| 2020 | $305,261 | 8.3% | $3,659,328 |
| 2019 | $270,820 | 7.1% | $3,804,984 |
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