Gregory G. Dell’Omo, President | Rider University
Gregory G. Dell’Omo, President | Rider University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $7,861,578, with women’s teams receiving $3,124,772.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Mercer County have grown 102.5%.
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 | $3,124,772 | 4.8% | $65,671,225 |
2022 | $3,088,798 | 5.3% | $58,682,508 |
2021 | $1,474,612 | 3.3% | $44,089,263 |
2020 | $2,864,460 | 5.1% | $55,633,010 |
2019 | $3,137,717 | 5.9% | $52,842,183 |