OT Ice Cube offers Caitlin Clark 5 million dollar contract to join BIG 3 League

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Re: OT Ice Cube offers Caitlin Clark 5 million dollar contract to join BIG 3 League 

Post#361 » by theforumblue » Tue Apr 2, 2024 6:00 pm

Looks like Big 3 players don't make a whole lot either. 10k a game according to cursory glance at google. 5mil for CC is crazy when you look at it that way. She should play, but negotiate it for 'exhibition' style more than a regular full season.
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Re: OT Ice Cube offers Caitlin Clark 5 million dollar contract to join BIG 3 League 

Post#362 » by Dr Aki » Tue Apr 2, 2024 9:50 pm

basketballRob wrote:
Dr Aki wrote:The rookie salary for a #1 pick is like $70,000. And WNBA teams have a HARD salary cap to deal with.

Even if the BIG3 contact doesn't get anywhere close to 5 mil, there's almost zero reason not to go for it for a year.
She's probably going to make way more than $5m in endorsements. I could see Nike or Adidas signing her for a record women's contract.

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She could do that with the BIG3.

The BIG3 has comparable viewership numbers to the WNBA.

Maybe she does a Bird and let's a team draft her rights while she takes the money from Ice Cube, while Angel Reese stays in college another year and when she declares, then it's Magic vs Bird all over again
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