sport news Caitlin Clark's Indiana Fever salary will actually be 'up to half a MILLION', ... trends now
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Caitlin Clark will earn up to $500,000 during her rookie season, WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert insisted, following outcry that the former Iowa star would make just $76,535 in base salary.
After being selected No. 1 overall by the Indiana Fever in this week's WNBA Draft, Clark reportedly signed a four-year, $338,056 deal with the team - an amount that many fans and media members thought was staggeringly low for the NCAA's all-time points leader.
However, Engelbert has clarified that Clark will make far more all-in.
'[For a] CEO, do you just put the base pay in there? No, you put their bonus, you put their stock options, you put everything,' Engelbert said at a CNBC Changemakers event, according to NJ.com.
'Caitlin has the ability to make up to a half of a million dollars just in WNBA wages this year, so they're just looking at a base, which is collectively bargained and [what is reported is] actually is low, because she's the No. 1
