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re: Caitlin Clark’s WNBA salary

Posted on 4/17/24 at 4:57 pm to
Posted by OldmanBeasley
Charlotte
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Posted on 4/17/24 at 4:57 pm to
Posted by mule74
Watersound Beach
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Posted on 4/17/24 at 8:18 pm to
I can’t hire a first year college grad in Houston for less than $60k.
Posted by kciDAtaE
Member since Apr 2017
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Posted on 4/17/24 at 8:24 pm to
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Traveling the country making this much money my first 4 years out of college? I'd feel like the luckiest kid in the country.


Not if you finished college as the very best at what you do. We aren’t talking general studies major here
Posted by Pelican fan99
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Jun 2013
36368 posts
Posted on 4/17/24 at 8:33 pm to
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I can’t hire a first year college grad in Houston for less than $60k.
yeah I think the WNBA is a disgraceful league but there’s no reason they can’t at least pay 6 figures. 75k is wildly low. Just scrap the league if you can’t afford more than that
Posted by CR4090
Member since Apr 2023
4341 posts
Posted on 4/17/24 at 9:29 pm to
Oh the horror. Getting a 4 year guaranteed contract as opposed to having to put your
college degree to use.

Not sure how the 1000s of college grads make it every year.
Posted by lsuson
Metairie
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Posted on 4/17/24 at 10:48 pm to
That’s a lot for the wnba lol
Posted by RedHawk
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2007
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Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:08 am to
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Her NIL deals were for her exposure in the college game. She will get significantly less exposure in the wbna.


Doesn’t appear so. She just signed an $8 figure deal with Nike and is getting her own shoe.
Posted by PhiTiger1764
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Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:39 am to
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The WNBA is subsidized by the NBA and for all their lefty bullshite, you won't see any of those players giving up salary to compensate the WNBA players.

Oxymoron.
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
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Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:41 am to
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Just scrap the league if you can’t afford more than that

Posted by dnm3305
Member since Feb 2009
13951 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 8:20 am to
She’s an absolute fool for not taking Ice Cube’s 3 mil deal
Posted by JimTiger72
Member since Jun 2023
7899 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 8:23 am to
Ehh, she wants to play in WNBA. Season is about to start there & then she has Olympics. Doesn’t seem like the right time to try Big 3 too, but that doesn’t mean she can’t do it in the future.

She’s still making millions with other sponsor deals. Does it really matter if she has $10M or $15M in the bank next year?
Posted by dnm3305
Member since Feb 2009
13951 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 8:26 am to
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She’s still making millions with other sponsor deals. Does it really matter if she has $10M or $15M in the bank next year?


Some would say that 5 million dollars does matter, yes.
Posted by JimTiger72
Member since Jun 2023
7899 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 8:29 am to
Not to your average person.
She didn’t join the WNBA to make $100s of millions of dollars. She will be set for life with 8 figures
This post was edited on 4/18/24 at 8:29 am
Posted by Back to Scat
Dry Prong
Member since Feb 2024
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Posted on 4/18/24 at 8:34 am to
There is no Title 9 in pro ball
Posted by SoDakHawk
South Dakota
Member since Jun 2014
8976 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 8:35 am to
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Clark should've played another year, endorse every car dealership in Des Moines and then run for Mayor.


Rumor floating around Iowa City is that ESPN and FOX we're offering a $5 million NIL package for her to return to Iowa for her final year. That would be a bargain for them and obviously more money than CC can ever make in the WNBA.

She should have returned to college, but you know the usual suspects would have destroyed her for doing that, saying she's ducking the best competition, etc.
Posted by JimTiger72
Member since Jun 2023
7899 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 8:41 am to
Can ESPN/Fox not show WNBA games? Sounds like bs

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That would be a bargain for them and obviously more money than CC can ever make in the WNBA.


She just signed with Nike for a 8 figure shoe deal. They don’t give those to college athletes
This post was edited on 4/18/24 at 8:43 am
Posted by JimTiger72
Member since Jun 2023
7899 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 8:50 am to
Indiana Fever’s first game on 5/14 will be on ESPN2

2nd on 5/16: prime video
3rd on 5/18: ABC
4th on 5/20: ESPN

Maybe FOX was trying to get a deal for her, but still sounds like bs
This post was edited on 4/18/24 at 8:53 am
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
21790 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:23 am to
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I know she probably wants to play in the WNBA but she’s a fool not to take Ice Cubes offer of $5 million to play for the Big 3. She’ll never make $5 million in here WNBA career

Endorsements and her brand are worth more. Getting lit up in Big 3 would ruin that. Smart to avoid getting embarrassed
Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
71063 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:28 am to
people keep comparing it to Webb, and it’s just a different company. It’s like comparing your local burger chain Managers ti the CEO of McDonalds.

That being said, Clark could potential drive rating in a way I do ‘t think Wemby will.

the absolute WORST thing that could happen to the WNBA is Clark being average.
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