Robin E. Bowen, President Arkansas Tech University | Arkansas Tech University
Robin E. Bowen, President Arkansas Tech University | Arkansas Tech University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $877,757, with the men’s team receiving $453,104.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Pope County have grown 62.4%.
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 | $453,104 | 6.8% | $6,630,988 |
| 2022 | $426,464 | 7.8% | $5,472,930 |
| 2021 | $411,753 | 7% | $5,868,288 |
| 2020 | $435,130 | 6.9% | $6,315,994 |
| 2019 | $424,128 | 6.4% | $6,678,723 |
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