President Joseph Savoie | University of Louisiana at Lafayette
President Joseph Savoie | University of Louisiana at Lafayette
The county’s funding for the basketball teams comprised 13.5% of all money invested in sports teams in 2023.
The average sports expenses in Lafayette Parish have grown 215.3% since 2010.
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 the 2020–21 school year.
| Year | Basketball Team's Expenditures | % from grand total sport team expenditures |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $5,276,148 | 13.5% |
| 2022 | $4,621,276 | 11.8% |
| 2021 | $3,866,964 | 12.3% |
| 2020 | $4,305,501 | 12.8% |
| 2019 | $4,389,450 | 13% |
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