Caitlin Clark was selected first in the WNBA draft yesterday by the Indiana Fever. The website "Sportrac" revealed the salary that Clark would earn in the coming years.
In her first year in the league, she will earn only $76,535, and if Indiana signs her to a new contract in 2027, her salary will increase to $97,582 a year. This is, by all accounts, an insulting salary for an actress in her position. The mascot of the Denver Nuggets earns about 625,000 dollars a year - many times more than the salary Caitlin Clarke will earn this year. On average, an NBA mascot earns about $60,000 a year, according to the NBA's website. The WNBA season lasts only four months, and many female players play the rest of the year outside the United States. The salary gap has reached the president's desk and has been compared to the pay gap between the NBA and the NFL in the U.S.