President Joseph Savoie | University of Louisiana at Lafayette
President Joseph Savoie | University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $5,276,148, with the men’s team receiving $3,308,048.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Lafayette Parish have grown 215.3%.
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 | $3,308,048 | 8.5% | $38,961,026 |
| 2022 | $2,878,926 | 7.4% | $39,088,716 |
| 2021 | $2,321,405 | 7.4% | $31,375,528 |
| 2020 | $2,553,140 | 7.6% | $33,655,641 |
| 2019 | $2,780,548 | 8.2% | $33,840,123 |
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