Former US President Donald Trump has weighed in on the wage of Caitlin Clark, the WNBA’s 2024 rookie sensation, calling her commonplace contract “unfair” given her expertise.
Clark was the primary general decide within the 2024 WNBA draft and joined the Indiana Fever below the league’s commonplace rookie phrases. Her contract affords her an annual wage of $76,535, totalling roughly $338,000 over 4 years with the Fever, per CBS News.
Is Trump criticizing Clark over wage disparity unfair?
The subject is a bit subjective. To illustrate the disparity, take NBA rookie Victor Wembanyama, the first-round decide in 2023. Drafted by the San Antonio Spurs, Wembanyama’s rookie season earnings amounted to $12.7 million, with projections suggesting he’ll make $55.6 million over his preliminary 4 years—figures that far outpace Clark’s earnings.
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The ex-prez spoke about Clark’s state of affairs on ex-NFL coach Bill Belichick’s Let’s Go podcast, acknowledging her impression on the sport. “She’s unimaginable, by the way in which. I watch, too. I believe she’s unimaginable. The shot, I watch this shot go in. It’s like, couldn’t she shoot that means within the NBA? Give her the ball. She’s unbelievable. It’s a phenomena. It’s one thing that’s happening, and it’s uncommon,” he praised.
“Tiger, when he first went out, bear in mind these days when Tiger went out? Or only a nice baseball participant within the minor leagues or a first-year soccer participant. You see a working again who’s making like minimal, and he seems to be a celebrity. You have that, and possibly there’s no actual strategy to guard towards it.”
Trump hopes WNBA ought to do one thing with their wage construction
After slamming Clark’s pay as “unfair,” Trump urged that the WNBA’s fee construction is constructed round sustaining monetary stability for the league. “Well, it’s actually you bought to rely available on the market. You can’t go in and simply say, ‘properly, we’re going to interrupt this contract as a result of this individual did properly.’ The league might in all probability go up and provides her a bonus. It wouldn’t kill the league if the league is doing okay.”
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“But the league might actually do one thing with it as a result of it appears unfair, however you might have a variety of that. I see it on a regular basis with soccer and baseball and even basketball, the place anyone is available in, he seems to be 10 occasions higher.”