Keith Faulkner, JD, LLM, MBA President | Charleston Southern University
Keith Faulkner, JD, LLM, MBA President | Charleston Southern University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $10,705,310, with men’s teams receiving $7,680,920.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Charleston County have grown 69%.
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 | $7,680,920 | 14.7% | $52,210,724 |
| 2022 | $6,867,478 | 13.3% | $51,694,092 |
| 2021 | $5,113,196 | 11.5% | $44,468,306 |
| 2020 | $5,971,828 | 12.6% | $47,256,505 |
| 2019 | $6,011,046 | 12.6% | $47,804,548 |
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