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No.1 overall pick in the WNBA draft Monday. The contract will see Clark earn $338,056 over the course of four years, according to the WNBA's collective bargaining agreement. Under the 2024 WNBA rookie scale for the best.
The unprecedented attention Caitlin Clark has brought to women's basketball has also put the massive salary disparity between the WNBA and the NBA under the microscope.
The University of Iowa star was taken by the Indiana Fever with the No. 1 Overall Pick of the WNBA Draft in April 15 after a season in which she set records on the court and in the television ratings for women's basketball.
She is expected to sign a four-year, $338,000 contract with the Fever as part of the WNBA's rookie wage scale.She will earn $76,535 in her rookie season this summer, which has many Clark fanatics outraged at the relatively small number given her impact on the sport.
Many Clark fans weighed in on social media and expressed dismay at her low pay compared to what NBA draft picks make.
"These ladies deserves so much more,Praying for the day," Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson incredibly wrote on X.
