Dan Shipp, President | Pittsburg State University
Dan Shipp, President | Pittsburg State University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $1,422,038, with the men’s team receiving $780,089.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Crawford County have grown 88.8%.
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 | $780,089 | 8.1% | $9,621,601 |
| 2022 | $924,375 | 9.8% | $9,414,568 |
| 2021 | $696,913 | 8.3% | $8,355,187 |
| 2020 | $802,647 | 8.8% | $9,156,466 |
| 2019 | $624,073 | 9.9% | $6,272,324 |
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