Stephen Standifird, President, Bradley University | Bradley University
Stephen Standifird, President, Bradley University | Bradley University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $5,626,405, with the men’s team receiving $3,946,239.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Peoria County have grown 81.3%.
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 | $3,946,239 | 20.3% | $19,468,832 |
2022 | $3,412,946 | 19.3% | $17,695,401 |
2021 | $2,680,591 | 18.1% | $14,801,405 |
2020 | $3,412,037 | 20.7% | $16,500,287 |
2019 | $3,778,660 | 20.9% | $18,101,314 |