Helen K. (Lamb) Lafferty, Ph.D. President | Youngstown State University
Helen K. (Lamb) Lafferty, Ph.D. President | Youngstown State University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $3,312,588, with the women’s team receiving $1,294,847.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Mahoning County have grown 71.2%.
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 | $1,294,847 | 6.4% | $20,275,708 |
| 2022 | $1,179,769 | 6.6% | $17,773,159 |
| 2021 | $1,065,275 | 7.1% | $15,012,819 |
| 2020 | $1,173,181 | 7.2% | $16,292,051 |
| 2019 | $1,158,692 | 7.1% | $16,206,122 |
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