Caitlin Clark is reportedly one move closer to scoring a main endorsement offer.
The WNBA participant is set to indicator an 8-yr deal worth up to $28 million with Nike, according to the Wall Road Journal. The athlete’s earlier deal with the sportswear big finished immediately after the conclusion of this year’s college basketball season.
In accordance to The Athletic, Clark, 22, is envisioned to receive a signature Nike shoe as part of her 8-determine endorsement offer. Less than Armour and Adidas also produced sizable offers to Clark, two sector sources advised the publication.
The prospective deal comes after fans ended up outraged to explore Clark’s beginning salary with the WNBA. Inspite of currently being the No. 1 overall decide on of the draft previously this month, Clark is only anticipated to signal a 4-year contract worthy of $338,056.
In her first calendar year with the Indiana Fever, Clark is slated to gain $76,535, which is the normal wage for the prime 4 picks in a draft class. At present, the setting up pay back for an NBA rookie is $1,119,563.
“When I saw the amount, $76,000 in the initial yr and $78,000 in the second calendar year, and $85,000 in the 3rd calendar year, for anyone who is now the encounter of women’s basketball, it seemed form of ridiculous,” Hoda Kotb claimed on the April 16 episode of Nowadays. “A male who is in the NBA, first calendar year, they can get $10 million.”
NFL quarterback Russell Wilson also voiced his assist for Clark and other underpaid females athletes.
“These girls are entitled to so a great deal extra …” he wrote by means of X on April 15. “Praying for the day 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾.”
Both of those ahead of and throughout March Insanity, Clark captivated audiences when she broke data participating in for the College of Iowa.
The women’s NCAA Match established viewership information with every single activity in which Iowa performed, culminating in 18.9 million viewers for the Hawkeyes’ countrywide title video game decline to South Carolina.
Prior to she returns to the basketball courtroom for her to start with year with the WNBA, Clark is having edge of interesting alternatives during the offseason, which includes a short cameo on Saturday Evening Are living.
Following showing up together with Michael Che and Colin Jost during the “Weekend Update” section on April 13, Clark experimented with to summarize the feelings she felt.
“I was so nervous when I was appropriate guiding the display screen just before they rolled me into the established and we went stay,” she mentioned at a press conference on April 17. “My coronary heart was about to explode out of my chest. But it was a good minimal skit. It was entertaining to be a component of. Hopefully I can go back and do it again sometime.”
