Tyler Forrest President | Tennessee Wesleyan University
Tyler Forrest President | Tennessee Wesleyan University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $727,835, with the women’s team receiving $274,300.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in McMinn County have grown 111.9%.
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 | $274,300 | 3.3% | $8,434,688 |
| 2022 | $381,732 | 5% | $7,579,581 |
| 2021 | $279,878 | 3.6% | $7,736,443 |
| 2020 | $253,822 | 3.8% | $6,679,173 |
| 2019 | $287,656 | 4.3% | $6,665,598 |
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