The news that basketball sensation Caitlin Clark will earn a base salary of $76,535 in her first year in the pros has shed light on why dozens of
vary, the overseas teams are not limited by salary caps, like those in the U.S., and many are owned by billionaires who can spend as much as they want on players. Perhaps the most famous example of a player going overseas was Brittany Griner's trip to Moscow in 2022. The all-star Phoenix Mercury center was detained in Russia after customs agents said they discovered cartridges containing hashish oil in her luggage.
players find that extra income attractive, said Ketra Armstrong, a professor of sport management and the director of the Center for Race & Ethnicity in Sport at the University of Michigan. 'We have the best basketball players in the world,' Armstrong said. 'And they show them how much they’re valued by giving them lucrative salaries.” Under the league’s collective bargaining agreement, Clark’s four-year contract will pay her $76,535 during her first season.
,” said Rob Parker, a nationally syndicated radio host for Fox Sports and a sports media professor at the University of Southern California. He said fans have not wholeheartedly supported the