Caitlin Clark’s agent makes astonishing claim about her WNBA salary

Caitlin Clark’s agent has claimed it’s impossible for her client to be paid what ‘she’s really worth’ by the WNBA, as the Indiana Fever star gears up for her second season in the pros.

Clark, who won the league’s Rookie of the Year award and helped drive historic TV viewership numbers for the league, will make a base salary of around $78,000 next season.

And with the new 3-on-3 Unrivaled league already paying players six-figure salaries, Clark’s agent, Erin Kane, took aim at WNBA pay in a new interview.

‘Will Caitlin Clark ever be paid by the WNBA what she’s really worth to that league? I don’t think that’s possible,’ Kane told ESPN.

‘She’s part of a larger player body. They all need to be paid more,’ Kane said. ‘She should be recognized for what she has done and what she’s brought to the league from an economic standpoint. It’s as simple as that.’

Kane also represents – among others – Napheesa Collier, one of the co-founders of Unrivaled.

She was recently honored with a jersey retirement ceremony at the University of Iowa

Clark’s rookie-scale contract is determined by the league’s Collective Bargaining Agreement – and a new deal is on the way after players opted out of the current agreement in October.

The WNBA will also begin a massive new media rights deal in 2026, with Disney, Amazon Prime Video and NBCUniversal forking over a combined $200million per year over 11 years, or about $2.2billion.

For now, Clark is playing on a four-year, $338,056 rookie contract (per Spotrac) despite shattering the league’s assist record and helping it achieve the highest TV viewership in 24 years.

Of course, Clark is being well-paid by endorsement deals, as she signed a reported eight-year, $28million deal with Nike in April.

Clark also has deals with Gatorade and State Farm among others. 

The former Iowa star turned down the opportunity to play in Unrivaled after an extremely busy year that saw her get drafted by the Fever just eight days after playing in the women’s national championship.

She’ll begin her second WNBA season on May 17 when her Fever face the Chicago Sky.