President Herbert L. King Jr. | Lees-McRae College
President Herbert L. King Jr. | Lees-McRae College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $966,505, with the men’s team receiving $557,167.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Avery County have grown 61.7%.
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 | $557,167 | 11.9% | $4,691,149 |
| 2022 | $454,673 | 10.5% | $4,344,869 |
| 2021 | $430,879 | 9.5% | $4,530,428 |
| 2020 | $428,668 | 10.2% | $4,188,214 |
| 2019 | $449,455 | 12.2% | $3,679,726 |
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