Sidney A. McPhee President | Middle Tennessee State University
Sidney A. McPhee President | Middle Tennessee State University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $5,892,598, with the women’s team receiving $2,755,393.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Rutherford County have grown 86.3%.
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 | $2,755,393 | 7.7% | $35,578,198 |
| 2022 | $2,616,805 | 7.3% | $35,614,512 |
| 2021 | $1,817,870 | 6.5% | $28,057,193 |
| 2020 | $2,362,364 | 6.8% | $34,840,886 |
| 2019 | $2,189,504 | 6.7% | $32,762,435 |
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