Wiregrass Times

Coffee County's institution invested $499,429 on their basketball teams in 2023, a 7.7% increase over the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

The county’s funding for the basketball teams comprised 28.1% of all money invested in sports teams in 2023.

The average sports expenses in Coffee County have grown 194.9% since 2010.

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 the 2020–21 school year.

Year	Basketball Team's Expenditures	% from grand total sport team expenditures
2023	$499,429	28.1%
2022	$463,741	30.6%
2021	$288,148	38.1%
2020	$252,397	34%
2019	$257,053	32.6%