Dr. William Wilson, President | Oral Roberts University
Dr. William Wilson, President | Oral Roberts University
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $13,400,969, with women’s teams receiving $5,094,894.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Tulsa County have grown 56.9%.
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 | $5,094,894 | 8.6% | $59,121,721 |
| 2022 | $4,986,618 | 8.4% | $59,516,128 |
| 2021 | $4,225,204 | 8.9% | $47,615,401 |
| 2020 | $3,443,394 | 7% | $49,358,854 |
| 2019 | $4,034,404 | 7.3% | $55,070,978 |
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