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Marion County’s institutions spent no money on men’s basketball teams in 2023

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James Henningsen, Ed.D. President | College of Central Florida

James Henningsen, Ed.D. President | College of Central Florida

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

Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Marion County have grown 13.8%.

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.

Men’s Basketball Team's Expenditures of Marion County Over Last 5 Years
YearBasketball team's expenditures% from grand total sport team expendituresTotal Sport Team Expenditures
2023$00%$756,071
2022$00%$708,344
2021$00%$484,465
2020$235,54323%$1,022,703
2019$256,13121.1%$1,211,889

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