Leonard Favara, President | Central Christian College of Kansas
Leonard Favara, President | Central Christian College of Kansas
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $4,111,323, with women’s teams receiving $1,520,126.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in McPherson County have grown 422.4%.
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 | $1,520,126 | 5.8% | $26,267,661 |
| 2022 | $1,415,536 | 6.3% | $22,524,240 |
| 2021 | $1,332,932 | 6.3% | $21,218,165 |
| 2020 | $1,874,689 | 8.4% | $22,214,916 |
| 2019 | $1,122,768 | 5.5% | $20,462,321 |
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