COL (Ret.) Alexander Conyers President | South Carolina State University
COL (Ret.) Alexander Conyers President | South Carolina State University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $3,159,255, with women’s teams receiving $1,563,616.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Orangeburg County have grown 48.7%.
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 | $1,563,616 | 9.9% | $15,825,602 |
| 2022 | $1,023,670 | 10.6% | $9,627,435 |
| 2021 | $656,234 | 7.1% | $9,292,012 |
| 2020 | $1,026,287 | 9.9% | $10,344,146 |
| 2019 | $1,062,819 | 10% | $10,645,072 |
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