Comments by Commissioner Wnba Cathy Engelbert Ketlin Clark

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The previous Wnba Cathy Engelbert’s Comments about the league and the Indiana fever star Ketlin ClarkEarn the capabilities during an interview with CNBC that reappeared on social media on Friday.

Previous comments appeared after that Engelbert denied Narisa Koller, Minnesota Linux star, told Clark “it should be grateful because she makes $ 16 million from the court because without the platform that WNBA gives you, you will not make anything,” according to Coller.

While Engelbert denied this statement during a press conference on Friday, her previous comments were echoed during an interview at the CNBC Changemakes summit in April 2024 similar topics.

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“Caitlin has the ability to form up to only half a million dollars with WNBA wages this year. So, of course, they only look at the base of collectively negotiating. In fact, it is low because it is the first choice. It will be made a little more.”

“She also has millions and millions of dollars (in). Because she announced to become a professional, her approvals are higher in the value of the dollar. She has a global platform now, not only an American platform. So, she will do a good job just as big players in the league do as does every league.”

Eldelbert made comments a few days after choosing Clark with a choice number 1 in the draft WNBA 2024 by fever. The WNBA base in Clark was only $ 76,535.

Clark signed an eight -year deal worth $ 28 million with Nike in April 2024, before playing a game in Wnba. She had previous deals with Nike and other sponsors during her university career in Iowa.

The Commissioner faced a tremendous violent reaction from the fans and the media, and Active players After Coller made the allegations that Clark said that Clark should be “grateful” and “will not do anything” without Wnba last week, Coller said in a private conversation.

Coller also claimed that Engelbert told her, “The players should be on their knees, and thank their lucky stars for the media rights deal that she obtained.”

While dealing with the alleged comments about Clark, Engelbert denied making it.

“I am clearly not making these comments. Keitlin was a shift player in this league. She was a great actress for the game. I brought tens of millions of new fans to the game,” Ingert said at the press conference on Friday.

However, Englbert has not explicitly denying the alleged comments about players who “should be on their knees.” Instead, the Commissioner responded to the claim that there was a lot of “inaccuracy” reported in the media.

“There is a lot of accuracy through social media and all this reports,” Engelbert said. “A lot of reports, and a lot of ingenuity about what I say, what I did not say.”

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“I am frustrated. I am also a human being. I have a family. I have two destroyed children from these comments. So, all I say was that it was clear that it was a difficult week, and I only think that there is a lot of innocence there.”

However, Engelbert admitted that if the players do not feel “appreciated”, it “has to do better.”

“I felt frustrated to hear that some players feel the league and that I personally do not care or listen to them,” said Engelbert before the 1 match of the WNBA on Friday night.

“If the players in” W “do not feel appreciated and valuable from the league, we must do what is better, and I have to do what is better.”

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At WNBA and its players, WNBPA, in negotiations to obtain a new collective negotiation agreement.

The Players and WNBA Association agreed to an eight -year agreement in 2020, but WNBPA voted another Eyar to withdraw from the agreement early. The current agreement ends on October 31.

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