Ray L. Watts, M.D., President | University of Alabama at Birmingham
Ray L. Watts, M.D., President | University of Alabama at Birmingham
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $13,305,340, with men’s teams receiving $8,737,465.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Jefferson County have grown 67.8%.
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 | $8,737,465 | 11.9% | $73,498,991 |
| 2022 | $8,091,321 | 11.2% | $72,540,184 |
| 2021 | $6,577,675 | 10.4% | $63,533,121 |
| 2020 | $6,949,155 | 10.6% | $65,333,984 |
| 2019 | $6,450,689 | 9.8% | $66,137,789 |
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