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They didn’t want to ft nan bill.
Dave Portnoy believes Nike is grossly underpaying Caitlin Clark aft nan hoops star signed a $28 million, eight-year statement with nan diversion footwear and apparel brand.
“If group want to kick astir Caitlin Clark getting screwed kick astir this. 8 twelvemonth 28 cardinal woody is STEALING,” Portnoy wrote connected X on Tuesday.
“8 years 80 cardinal min is her worthy and that’s still prob excessively cheap,” he continued. “Hope she has an early opt retired if they don’t salary up erstwhile she blows done this deal.”
The Barstool Sports founder, 47, besides clapped backmost astatine an net troll claiming that Clark wouldn’t beryllium capable to waste a signature shoe.
“How galore group are going to bargain her shoes? Honestly. What is nan marketplace for WNBA player’s signature shoes? I stake this is an overpay erstwhile it’s each said and done,” personification surmised.
Portnoy replied by claiming that men would “100% bargain her sneakers.”
“All girls who play hoop will,” he said, adding, “Devin Booker sewage 5 years 50 million. Caitlin is 100x nan Star and impact.”
On Tuesday, sources told nan Wall Street Journal that nan WNBA subordinate penned nan sponsorship woody pinch nan sports cogwheel institution — marking nan largest sponsorship statement for a female hoops player.
She was besides reportedly successful talks pinch Under Armour, Adidas and Puma earlier landing nan historical deal.
The erstwhile Iowa Hawkeyes star’s original name, image and likeness woody she signed successful 2022 had officially expired astatine nan extremity of her 2023-24 assemblage hoops season.
Clark ended her record-breaking play arsenic nan NCAA Division I all-time starring scorer and is regarded arsenic 1 of nan top collegiate players of each time.
She besides helped break ESPN viewership records during her highly publicized March Madness Elite Eight crippled against nan LSU Tigers past month.
The matchup peaked astatine 16 cardinal viewers and was nan most-watched assemblage hoops crippled successful ESPN history.
Clark past shattered that grounds pinch 24 cardinal viewers erstwhile she played nan South Carolina Gamecocks successful nan 2024 NCAA nationalist title game.
The athlete, dressed successful head-to-toe Prada, was named nan 2024 No.1 draught prime and selected by nan WNBA’s Indiana Fever past week.
Fans were outraged to study that Clark signed a $338,000 four-year statement pinch nan team, meaning she would only beryllium paid $76,535 successful her first year.
Despite nan backlash, Clark celebrated nan adjacent measurement successful her already stellar hoops profession by clubbing successful New York City pinch her boyfriend Connor McCaffery.
