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 women’s team receiving $2,299,525.
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 | $2,299,525 | 9.2% | $24,962,955 |
| 2022 | $1,978,588 | 8.2% | $24,125,257 |
| 2021 | $1,305,245 | 7% | $18,733,624 |
| 2020 | $1,175,024 | 6.5% | $18,175,572 |
| 2019 | $1,284,172 | 7.3% | $17,493,553 |
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