Pamela Whitten President at Indiana University - Bloomington | Official website
Pamela Whitten President at Indiana University - Bloomington | Official website
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $24,069,620, with the men’s team receiving $16,804,251.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Monroe County have grown 105.5%.
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 | $16,804,251 | 13.2% | $126,886,128 |
| 2022 | $15,867,671 | 14% | $113,738,066 |
| 2021 | $10,161,350 | 11.2% | $90,711,433 |
| 2020 | $12,869,789 | 11.9% | $108,460,451 |
| 2019 | $13,230,211 | 12.7% | $104,496,772 |
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