WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert’s Caitlin Clark comments resurface

Previous comments, Engelbert’s Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier’e Clark said that “the court should be grateful to earn $ 16 million, because WNBA’nın without the platform, he does not do anything,” he said.

Engelbert rejected that he made this claim at a news conference on Friday, but during an interview at the CNBC Changemakers Summit in April 2024, he reiterated similar themes.

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“Caitlin has the ability to do something up to half a million dollars this year this year. He said.

“Also there is millions and millions of dollars [in] approves. Since it declares to be Pro, its approval is higher, not only a US platform, but a global platform, so it will make it well like the best players as in every league. “

Engelbert’s previous comments, Clark’s 2024 WNBA draft was elected by the number 1 election of fire only days later. Clark’s WNBA base salary was only $ 76,535 that year.

Before playing a game in WNBA, Clark signed an eight -year $ 28 million agreement he signed in April 2024 and made agreements with Nike and other sponsors during his university career in Iowa.

The commissioner made a tremendous reaction from fans, media experts and even active players last week that Clark said Clark said last week without WNBA.

Collier also told him, “The players should be on their knees, they should thank them for the media rights agreement I bought.”

While touching on the alleged comments about Clark, Engelbert refused to do them.

Engelbert, on Friday’s news conference, “Obviously, I did not make these comments. Caitlin was a transformationist player in this league. He was a great representative of the game. Tens of millions of new fans brought the game.”

However, Engelbert did not explicitly reject the alleged comments about the players “on his knees”. Instead, the commissioner replied, claiming that there were many “mistakes” reported in the media.

“There is a lot of mistakes through social media and all these reports.” He said. “A lot of reporting, too much innate about what I said, what I said.”

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Minnesota lynx star Napheesa Collier, WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert’s latest comments about the latest comments. (Trevor Ruszkowski/Imagn Images)

Engelbert said, “I am the courage.

Nevertheless, Engelbert admitted that if the players do not feel “if they are not appreciated”, then “to do better”.

Before the 1st game of the WNBA Finals on Friday night, Engelbert said, “I was discouraged that some players felt the league and I personally heard that I didn’t care or listen to them.” He said.

“If the players in ‘W’ do not feel appreciation and value from the league, we have to do better and I have to do better.”

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WNBA and its players union WNBPA is negotiating for a new collective bargaining agreement.

The players Association and WNBA accepted an eight -year agreement in 2020, but last year WNBPA voted to commission the agreement early. The duration of the current agreement will end on 31 October.