Todd Diacon , President | Kent State University at Kent
Todd Diacon , President | Kent State University at Kent
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $4,091,164, with women’s teams receiving $1,500,679.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Portage County have grown 64.5%.
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 | $1,500,679 | 4.2% | $35,365,380 |
| 2022 | $1,553,399 | 4.9% | $31,662,621 |
| 2021 | $1,115,981 | 4.7% | $23,839,888 |
| 2020 | $1,508,438 | 4.9% | $30,808,014 |
| 2019 | $1,609,778 | 5.1% | $31,399,025 |
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