Kelly M. Miller, Ph.D, President/CEO | Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi
Kelly M. Miller, Ph.D, President/CEO | Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $4,136,230, with the women’s team receiving $1,734,409.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Nueces County have grown 111.4%.
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 | $1,734,409 | 11.5% | $15,046,826 |
| 2022 | $1,427,578 | 10.6% | $13,514,489 |
| 2021 | $1,104,376 | 9.6% | $11,498,700 |
| 2020 | $1,338,665 | 10.8% | $12,372,603 |
| 2019 | $1,407,524 | 11.3% | $12,485,467 |
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