Caitlin Clark can earn up to $500,000 during her rookie season, WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert has claimed in an effort to quell outrage on the No.
1 draft choice’s low base salary. The former Iowa star will make just $76,535 in base salary from the Indiana Fever, part of a four-year, $338,056 deal with the team.
When that was revealed, outrage ensued, as the base is much lower than a comparable NBA amount. Victor Wembanyama, the No. 1 pick in last year’s NBA draft, signeda four-year, $55.2 million rookie contract, the largest possible deal under the NBA’s current labor agreement.
That comes to roughly $12 million in base salary as a rookie. Engelbert has now clarified that Clark will likely make far more. “[For a] CEO, do you just put the base pay in there?
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