The WNBA Draft has taken place and brings to an finish the hypothesis about the place the likes of Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso might be enjoying after their school careers come to an finish.
In reality, it was all the time clear that Clark would find yourself on the Indiana Fever as she was anticipated to be chosen first and Fever had the primary decide.
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Contemplating how a lot of a star Clark grew to become with the Iowa Hawkeyes, many anticipated her to be on a a lot larger contract than the one the Fever have drawn up for her.
Caitlin Clark’s Indiana Fever wage
In keeping with the WNBA rookie pay scale by Spotrac, Clark will signal a four-year contract with the Fever value 338,056 {dollars}. The primary 4 picks of the WNBA draft make the identical quantity, with the following 4 picks and the final 4 picks receiving barely much less.
She goes to produce other avenues of incomes obtainable to her past her Fever wage, however it does look very modest when you think about that, in keeping with On3.com, she made an estimated 3.4m {dollars} in identify, picture and likeness (NIL) offers throughout her senior season in Iowa.
Assuming she hits the bottom working within the WNBA, she might be asking for a pay rise within the close to future to higher mirror her star standing.
She ranked fourth amongst all NIL-eligible athletes and first in girls’s school basketball.
A few of her NIL offers embrace Nike, Gatorade and State Farm. She’s going to probably be capable to preserve most of her sponsorship offers as she transitions to the skilled stage.
