Steven Bishop, Ph.D. President | Southwest Mississippi Community College
Steven Bishop, Ph.D. President | Southwest Mississippi Community College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $555,843, with the women’s team receiving $290,848.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Pike County have grown 103.7%.
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 | $290,848 | 9.5% | $3,064,223 |
| 2022 | $287,597 | 10.2% | $2,823,805 |
| 2021 | $239,680 | 9.1% | $2,635,916 |
| 2020 | $268,521 | 10.9% | $2,460,710 |
| 2019 | $247,514 | 10.2% | $2,436,605 |
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