Dr. Brian Noland, President | East Tennessee State University
Dr. Brian Noland, President | East Tennessee State University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $3,876,729, with the men’s team receiving $2,159,945.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Washington County have grown 129.8%.
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 | $2,159,945 | 11.2% | $19,245,116 |
| 2022 | $2,278,031 | 13.4% | $16,962,436 |
| 2021 | $1,878,361 | 11.9% | $15,842,972 |
| 2020 | $2,160,240 | 13.2% | $16,309,976 |
| 2019 | $1,878,553 | 11.1% | $16,894,551 |
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