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Tuesday, December 3, 2024

2023 sees Mercer County investing no money in women’s basketball teams

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Andrea Faber, Ph.D., Vice Provost and Chief Administrative Officer | Wright State University-Lake Campus

Andrea Faber, Ph.D., Vice Provost and Chief Administrative Officer | Wright State University-Lake Campus

Mercer County did not fund their women’s collegiate basketball teams in 2023, unchanged from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

Since 2015, the average sports expenses in Mercer County have dropped 27.9%.

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.

Women’s Basketball Team's Expenditures of Mercer County Over Last 5 Years
YearBasketball team's expenditures% from grand total sport team expendituresTotal Sport Team Expenditures
2023$00%$57,729
2022$00%$89,966
2021$00%$72,000
2020$48,30226.1%$185,299
2019$53,28824.3%$219,725

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