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New Ladies’s Basketball League to Lure Caitlin Clark With ‘Lionel Messi-Like’ Provide

New details have emerged from Unrivaled’s attempt to recruit Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark this WNBA offseason. The 3-on-3 startup women’s basketball league is considering giving Clark a “Lionel Messi-like” offer to play in its inaugural season in January, according to Front Office Sports . Last week, Unrivaled was reportedly preparing a “full-court press” to

New Ladies’s Basketball League to Lure Caitlin Clark With ‘Lionel Messi-Like’ Provide

New particulars have emerged from Unmatched’s try to recruit Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark this WNBA offseason.

The three-on-3 startup girls’s basketball league is contemplating giving Clark a “Lionel Messi-like” supply to play in its inaugural season in January, based on Front Office Sports.

Final week, Unrivaled was reportedly getting ready a “full-court press” to attempt to lure Clark to the stateside league, which has already recruited WNBA stars like Kelsey Plum, Arike Ogunbowale and Angel Reese. The league prides itself on compensating its 30 gamers with six-figure salaries (the typical wage is reportedly $250,000), however with regards to recruiting the Indiana Fever guard, it might seem that Unmatched is prepared to go the additional distance.

Unmatched is ready to supply Clark “every part from a wage probably exceeding $1 million for lower than three months of labor, to fairness and income sharing,” per FOS. It’s value noting that each one gamers within the girls’s league will obtain fairness alternatives.

When Inter Miami lured international soccer icon Lionel Messi to the MLS in 2023, the membership made an unprecedented transfer by providing Messi not solely a $150 million contract, but additionally partial possession, shared income from Apple’s MLS Season Cross and different monetary incentives. 

Clark receiving the celebrity therapy ought to come as no shock, contemplating each she and Messi have “Results” named after them because of their widespread impacts of their respective sports activities leagues. 

Clark, who will make $338,056 throughout her first 4 seasons with the Fever, has additionally secured profitable offers off the court docket, together with a $28 million take care of Nike and sponsorships with State Farm, Gatorade, Wilson and different manufacturers.

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