Philip Oldham, President | Tennessee Technological University
Philip Oldham, President | Tennessee Technological University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $3,013,954, with the women’s team receiving $1,440,693.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Putnam County have grown 73.6%.
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 | $1,440,693 | 8.7% | $16,474,801 |
| 2022 | $1,346,487 | 9% | $14,993,218 |
| 2021 | $1,069,629 | 7.9% | $13,485,792 |
| 2020 | $1,071,992 | 7.9% | $13,630,890 |
| 2019 | $1,065,541 | 7.7% | $13,780,504 |
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