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Caitlin Clark Signs 8-Year, $28 Million Deal With Nike
Posted on 4/23/24 at 1:35 pm
Posted on 4/23/24 at 1:35 pm
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It was NBA All-Star weekend in Indianapolis and executives from the world’s leading shoe companies descended on hotel lobbies in the city to make their pitch to the biggest stars in basketball.
But the prize they were all after wasn’t anyone shooting out the lights in the NBA. In fact, the player they all wanted hadn’t even turned pro yet. She was a 6-foot senior at the University of Iowa who was in the midst of rewriting the record books.
Everyone was asking the same question: Which shoe company would land Caitlin Clark?
Two months later, it turns out the answer is Nike. The biggest name in women’s basketball is set to sign an eight-year deal worth up to $28 million with the biggest name in sportswear, according to people familiar with the situation.
If that outcome seems inevitable, the reality is that Clark striking a deal with Nike was far from a slam dunk. In fact, the race to tie her to a shoe contract ranked as the most competitive in the history of women’s basketball, playing out against the backdrop of Clark lifting her sport to new heights and unprecedented TV ratings as she became a household name across America.
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This post was edited on 4/23/24 at 1:36 pm
Posted on 4/23/24 at 1:38 pm to Bench McElroy
$3.5m/year. Not bad tbh
Posted on 4/23/24 at 1:39 pm to Bench McElroy
Now those lesbo WNBA players are REALLY going to hate her
Posted on 4/23/24 at 1:42 pm to Bench McElroy
Only Nike was willing to give her a long-term deal.
The rest were like, eh....it's still the WNBA....and offered 2-3 years figuring that is the lifespan of a sports hype train.
The rest were like, eh....it's still the WNBA....and offered 2-3 years figuring that is the lifespan of a sports hype train.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 1:45 pm to Bench McElroy
Good for her but I worry for her well-being in the WNBA
Posted on 4/23/24 at 1:53 pm to Bench McElroy
Damn. Now she definitely has no need to play in Cube's big 3.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 2:08 pm to Bench McElroy
i bet all the details get pretty hairy.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 2:17 pm to Bench McElroy
This has got to be eating up Angel inside
Posted on 4/23/24 at 2:23 pm to Bench McElroy
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Caitlin Clark Signs 8-Year, $28 Million Deal With Nike
Odds she is still relevant in 8 years?
Posted on 4/23/24 at 2:25 pm to Bench McElroy
That money will buy a lot of razors.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 2:26 pm to Bench McElroy
There you go and she's a 1-percenter now.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 2:27 pm to SirWinston
Typical Mike Freeman garbage. Race has become the only thing he writes about.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 2:27 pm to Bench McElroy
All the media heads acting like people are going to magically fall in love with WNBA because she is in it. She will drift into irrelevancy by the end of her rookie season
Posted on 4/23/24 at 2:28 pm to Chad504boy
I'd love to bury my face in her thick forest of hair - preferably after a light shootaround
This post was edited on 4/23/24 at 2:28 pm
Posted on 4/23/24 at 2:29 pm to SirWinston
Candace Parker isn't black?
Posted on 4/23/24 at 2:32 pm to TigerMan327
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All the media heads acting like people are going to magically fall in love with WNBA because she is in it. She will drift into irrelevancy by the end of her rookie season
I don't agree. I had to go to a Portland Thorns game last year and it gave me a whole new perspective. The whole "girl dad" thing is only just getting started and the movement has been waiting for a wholesome non leftist like CC22 to be embraced by the 60% of the country who doesn't like Megan Rapinoe's politics.
CC22 in the most conservative state in the Midwest is the perfect recipe for this - it's going to be unlike anything we've seen in American womens sports if she plays well and Indiana is relevant.
This post was edited on 4/23/24 at 3:00 pm
Posted on 4/23/24 at 2:33 pm to Chad504boy
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i bet all the details get pretty hairy.
Video going around the internet that shows AB was dead wrong.
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