Mike Hobbs, Ph. D., President | Georgia Highlands College
Mike Hobbs, Ph. D., President | Georgia Highlands College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $1,842,720, with women’s teams receiving $923,295.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Floyd County have grown 6.9%.
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 | $923,295 | 5.7% | $16,334,371 |
2022 | $812,170 | 6% | $13,499,565 |
2021 | $751,297 | 6.7% | $11,295,675 |
2020 | $786,191 | 5.2% | $15,265,191 |
2019 | $879,847 | 6.7% | $13,226,937 |