Gina Oglesbee, MPA, Interim President | Stephen F Austin State University
Gina Oglesbee, MPA, Interim President | Stephen F Austin State University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $5,503,196, with the men’s team receiving $3,203,671.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Nacogdoches 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 | $3,203,671 | 12.8% | $24,962,955 |
2022 | $3,258,323 | 13.5% | $24,125,257 |
2021 | $1,832,779 | 9.8% | $18,733,624 |
2020 | $2,064,144 | 11.4% | $18,175,572 |
2019 | $2,015,066 | 11.5% | $17,493,553 |