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2023 sees Saline County investing no money in men’s basketball teams

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Jonah Rice, PhD President | Southeastern Illinois College

Jonah Rice, PhD President | Southeastern Illinois College

Saline 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 Saline County have dropped 37%.

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 Saline County Over Last 5 Years
YearBasketball team's expenditures% from grand total sport team expendituresTotal Sport Team Expenditures
2023$00%$331,801
2022$00%$295,868
2021$00%$223,113
2020$82,07422%$373,680
2019$98,67625.9%$380,957

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