Dr. Ann Bieber, President | Lehigh Carbon Community College FB page
Dr. Ann Bieber, President | Lehigh Carbon Community College FB page
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $980,175, with women’s teams receiving $536,576.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Lehigh County have grown 93%.
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 | $536,576 | 5.9% | $9,168,387 |
| 2022 | $424,011 | 5.5% | $7,713,137 |
| 2021 | $231,754 | 4% | $5,765,833 |
| 2020 | $455,220 | 6% | $7,549,981 |
| 2019 | $618,032 | 7.6% | $8,137,631 |
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