Ross Alexander, PhD President | Texas A&M University-Texarkana
Ross Alexander, PhD President | Texas A&M University-Texarkana
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $570,552, with the women’s team receiving $269,364.
Since 2015, the average sports expenses in Bowie County have grown 1,006.2%.
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 | $269,364 | 11.8% | $2,288,984 |
| 2022 | $231,779 | 12.4% | $1,871,578 |
| 2021 | $184,469 | 13.5% | $1,364,724 |
| 2020 | $180,049 | 14.9% | $1,211,113 |
| 2019 | $0 | 0% | $794,009 |
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