Glen McDonald President | Gulf Coast State College
Glen McDonald President | Gulf Coast State College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $839,974, with the women’s team receiving $425,966.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Bay County have grown 16.7%.
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 | $425,966 | 18% | $2,369,725 |
| 2022 | $450,057 | 21.7% | $2,069,976 |
| 2021 | $429,542 | 21.6% | $1,990,077 |
| 2020 | $437,599 | 21.6% | $2,027,290 |
| 2019 | $502,699 | 24.6% | $2,047,651 |
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