Dr. Joseph Gilgour President | Mineral Area College
Dr. Joseph Gilgour President | Mineral Area College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $652,823, with the men’s team receiving $326,468.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in St. Francois County have grown 99%.
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 |
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2023 | $326,468 | 13.9% | $2,354,501 |
2022 | $269,264 | 13.9% | $1,943,852 |
2021 | $279,287 | 15.5% | $1,796,099 |
2020 | $232,030 | 17.1% | $1,358,170 |
2019 | $284,690 | 17.7% | $1,606,364 |