Dr. Mark A. Sorrells, President | Fayetteville Technical Community College
Dr. Mark A. Sorrells, President | Fayetteville Technical Community College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $1,485,864, with women’s teams receiving $686,552.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Cumberland County have grown 49.8%.
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 | $686,552 | 7% | $9,804,891 |
| 2022 | $676,834 | 6.9% | $9,850,458 |
| 2021 | $130,668 | 2.2% | $5,941,130 |
| 2020 | $570,409 | 7.4% | $7,661,867 |
| 2019 | $500,498 | 6.5% | $7,680,534 |
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