Elwood L. Robinson Chancellor of Winston-Salem State University | wssu.edu
Elwood L. Robinson Chancellor of Winston-Salem State University | wssu.edu
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $17,627,568, with women’s teams receiving $5,733,721.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Forsyth County have grown 110.1%.
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 | $5,733,721 | 5.7% | $100,510,291 |
| 2022 | $5,031,446 | 5.7% | $88,823,915 |
| 2021 | $3,655,301 | 3.8% | $95,883,478 |
| 2020 | $3,949,425 | 4.4% | $89,223,763 |
| 2019 | $3,946,846 | 4.8% | $81,529,846 |
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