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 women’s team receiving $1,968,100.
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 | $1,968,100 | 5.1% | $38,961,026 |
| 2022 | $1,742,350 | 4.5% | $39,088,716 |
| 2021 | $1,545,559 | 4.9% | $31,375,528 |
| 2020 | $1,752,361 | 5.2% | $33,655,641 |
| 2019 | $1,608,902 | 4.8% | $33,840,123 |
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