Marshall Criser, President | Piedmont University
Marshall Criser, President | Piedmont University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $515,268, with the men’s team receiving $258,456.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Habersham County have grown 409.1%.
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 | $258,456 | 5.4% | $4,775,304 |
2022 | $238,528 | 5.2% | $4,558,419 |
2021 | $197,376 | 6.7% | $2,932,885 |
2020 | $205,418 | 5.8% | $3,511,860 |
2019 | $178,582 | 5.3% | $3,391,919 |