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NavyDem

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26. I think this years batch of WNBA Rookies will pull many new fans.
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 01:47 AM
Apr 2024

Clark, Brink, Cardoso, and Reese are some of the best of the best. Chicago picked up both Cardoso and Reese. In my opinion, these are the two best players not named Caitlin Clark.

I will come right out and say that I don't normally watch basketball AT ALL. Not since MJ retired. That being said, when the Nebraska Men's and Women's teams made the tournament, I decided to watch those games. From there I hear the buzz about Clark, and then proceeded to watch the entire Women's Sweet 16. After the Nebraska Men lost their game, I didn't watch any of the other Men's games except for the national Title Game.

I can say with certainty that I will be watching the WNBA this upcoming season, as I have become a fan!

With any luck, Clark and the others will pull in more people like me, and and the league will become profitable. The reason the WNBA players don't make the kind of money they deserve is that there is not enough interest in the league up until now, and the league has been subsidized heavily by the NBA (Which is not even worth watching these days).

I hope that if they can't pull millions in WNBA, that they will at least pull comparables in endorsements.

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Wow, that's way different than the NBA. Elessar Zappa Apr 2024 #1
Lots of factors Renew Deal Apr 2024 #3
Yes, I agree. Elessar Zappa Apr 2024 #4
Hey, she gets a whole $1500 raise after one year! rsdsharp Apr 2024 #2
That's what a female superstar gets? Sanity Claws Apr 2024 #5
Far smaller fanbase and revenue Kaleva Apr 2024 #6
Watching the WNBA draft, one of the best things I've seen on television in years. jalan48 Apr 2024 #7
Her salary Zeitghost Apr 2024 #8
I read that during her last year alone that she made RubyRose Apr 2024 #24
Maybe she can up the interest in the WNBA ripcord Apr 2024 #9
I think this years batch of WNBA Rookies will pull many new fans. NavyDem Apr 2024 #26
I'm waiting for Audi Crooks to hit the WNBA in a couple of years ripcord Apr 2024 #27
Plus endorsements shelshaw Apr 2024 #10
Clark's net worth is estimated to be around $3.1 million, according to her On3 NIL valuation, though it's tough to gauge Celerity Apr 2024 #11
There are a lot of athletes that are millionairs off NIL Cuthbert Allgood Apr 2024 #32
Clark already made an estimated $3.4 million from NIL (name, image and likeness) deals this past season. sop Apr 2024 #12
She'll make money in endorsement deals. Johnny2X2X Apr 2024 #13
That is a huge point. H2O Man Apr 2024 #23
That's the market at this point. BannonsLiver Apr 2024 #14
I understand the WNBA makes less money JI7 Apr 2024 #15
The league is doing so bad ripcord Apr 2024 #18
She gets millions in endorsements. former9thward Apr 2024 #16
Why do you think most WNBA players also play overseas? Mordred Apr 2024 #17
What did you think she was going to get? Millions? BlueTsunami2018 Apr 2024 #19
"No one?" GenThePerservering Apr 2024 #22
In comparison to the major sports leagues, yes. BlueTsunami2018 Apr 2024 #28
Avg attendance is just north of 6k spectators TheProle Apr 2024 #34
She could choose to go to Europe. DJ Synikus Makisimus Apr 2024 #20
That's a standard rookie contract. TwilightZone Apr 2024 #21
She'll be making 20x that on endorsements, speaking fees and television ads jmowreader Apr 2024 #25
Actually she is getting most of her money from endorsements Jacson6 Apr 2024 #29
The WNBA has a 50-50 revenue split edhopper Apr 2024 #30
Not surprising considering the WNBA is struggling to make money DetroitLegalBeagle Apr 2024 #31
Which is why a lot of female basketball players stay in college. Cuthbert Allgood Apr 2024 #33
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