The Indiana Fever have been within the enterprise of promoting out video games, however that’s not why Caitlin Clark says she will be able to’t get her fingers on season tickets for the household.
Following a document night time for the first-year guard, Clark was all smiles within the post-game presser discussing the Fever’s 92-75 win over the Seattle Storm on Sunday. That was till she raised the subject of the WNBA’s notoriously low salaries.
Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever reacts after a three-pointer at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Aug. 16, 2024, in Indianapolis. (Justin Casterline/Getty Photographs)
Teammate Lexie Hull, a Washington native, scored a career-high of twenty-two factors within the contest. She did so in entrance of her grandmother and twin sister, who had been sitting courtside at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
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A reporter requested Hull if she felt it was time to get season tickets for her household, however Clark jumped in to level out: “These are fairly costly.”
Indiana Fever guard Lexie Hull celebrates after scoring a three-pointer towards the Seattle Storm on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (IMAGN)
“It’s like our whole wage to get these. I’m not kidding. We want individuals to assist.”
After being chosen out of Iowa as the primary general choose within the 2024 WNBA Draft, Clark is making simply over $76,000 in her rookie 12 months, in keeping with Spotrac.
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She signed a four-year deal price $338,056, and is anticipated to earn essentially the most in her fourth 12 months with an annual wage of $97,582. By comparability, Zaccharie Risacher, the primary general choose within the 2024 NBA Draft, signed a four-year, $57 million contract, with a median annual wage of $14.2 million.
However Clark, like different WNBA gamers, has discovered different supplemental types of earnings.
Fever guard Caitlin Clark talks to the media earlier than the sport towards the Phoenix Mercury at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Aug. 16, 2024, in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photographs)
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Based on the Los Angeles Times, Clark reportedly made an estimated $3 million in NIL offers, and in April she signed a profitable, eight-figure endorsement cope with Nike, the place she is anticipated to have her personal signature shoe.
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