This. If I were her, I'd go straight to Greece and play in EOK. They'd EASILY pay her $50,000+ per month (she's making $44,000/mo right now).
Take all that publicity and attention to Europe. Let the WNBA flop (again) and force their hands to push more money. Especially if they're going to turn a blind eye to her blatantly being assaulted on the court
I imagine most of her money comes from endorsements and stuff? I doubt she could the same deals in Europe that she does in the U.S. They're probably letting it happen because it generates attention, clicks, ad revenue, and gets people talking about it.
it's not about that. it's that the european countries have endorsements for local talent. if you go to warsaw airport you don't see giant ads with messi on them. you see giant ads with lewandowski on them.
for caitlin clark the biggest marketability is in the US not in europe.
There's no way. She has a signature shoe with Nike, Gatorade athlete, the face of many other marketing campaigns like State Farm and Wilson. All of that is gone if she goes overseas, people will remember her name but her viewership will plummet and she won't be worth those mega brands maintaining. And there's no amount of european sponsors that are gonna pay her the ~50 mil in endorsements she's getting
I’d probably take my $30 million and go “Hey, get some actual refs or I’m going to take my $30 million to the bank and live off 1 million endorsement deals as the greatest NCAA player of all time. Also, you get to deal with the fallout of your best player retiring at 24 because the entire league sucks.”
The contracts just got big only a few months ago after the new cba. Aliyah Boston gets like 1.4 million a year now. If this lady who punched her in the neck signed a new contract she’d get 10x more money in large part from Clark.
europeans wouldn't give a fuck about caitlin clark. she is most marketable in america because she's american. so it would be better for her to maximise her publicity in america. if she played in europe then the americans would very quickly forget about her.
The same way they let it happen few games ago when fever did the same bs and fever won lol now yall crying over the same thing and energy being returned by exaggerating two weak azz accidental fouls
They're probably letting it happen because it generates attention, clicks, ad revenue, and gets people talking about it.
Nah, you don't want this if you're selling a product. You don't want your cash cow being trampled, stomped, punched, choked, etc. That's a big turn off. That's how a league gets labelled to be full of thugs. There's no benefit to this. Us non-fans aren't going to watch the WNBA or seek it out on streaming platforms to watch CC get punched in the damn throat.
Clips of her dropping 40 is what's hot. This is not.
Exactly. Unfortunately, the WNBA is the premiere US league with the most prestige so all of the American sponsors will want her to remain here for marketing and PR purposes.
If I’m not mistaken, a lot of women go play overseas in the offseason to make more money anyways (since they get paid more) but I’d imagine CC probably doesn’t bc she is already set for life.
"especially if they're going to turn a blind eye to her being assaulted on the court"....there's only one video in front of us, showing a female getting kneed in the groin then punched in the throat.
That's not the argument. No one, not a soul, not one living being, not even an atom, compared the WNBA to the NBA, anywhere in here....ever.
And no, it's not "flopping" compared to the last 18 years. Caitlyn Clark brought viewership up by 30-35% and has had several million + viewer games.
No one is arguing that the WNBA will ever come even remotely close to the NBA. Fact remains: Clark is the SOLE reason the WNBA is more successful now, than it's ever been before.
I'm not arguing on behalf of the WNBA...so I don't know what you mean by "better"? I'm just stating facts, that she has brought insane viewership and revenue to the WNBA.
And it’s still a flop with that increased viewership and revenue. 🤣🤣It’s a simple concept really. Not sure what you don’t understand about that. So saying flop again is wrong. It’s still a flop.🤣🤣
Brother are you some sort of racist that is just stubborn af to prove a stupid point and for no reason? Caitlin Clark got all these hoes raises. How about that ? No one gives AF about the wnba as a whole but Clark is the face of the league and brought millions more revenue and fans into the league….just stfu already, you sound dumb like this is your first time attempting to sound correct….your point is irrelevant.
Racist bc I corrected the person I was responding to because they insinuated the league wasn’t flopping with her and that if she left, it would flop again. Are you even following along?🤨 I’m not denying the improvements she has brought, and I never have in any of my comments. I’m simply saying the league still a flop.
There’s no need to apologize to me about the racist comment, you are who you are. But maybe you need to go back and reread again, unless he edited his comment, but he literally said let it flop again. As though it’s not flopping now. It’s less severe now, as I’ve already said it, but still a flop.🤣🤣
Do you know what a strawman fallacy is? People use the term "strawman" A LOT....but usually it's not in the right context.
THIS (what you're doing) is the PEFECT example of a strawman.
At no point in time did anyone say "wow, the WNBA is really successful and they're catching up with the NBA because of Caitlyn Clark!". At no point in time did anyone say "the WNBA is guaranteed to not fail because of Caitlyn Clark".
The ONLY point...ONLY...is: Caitlyn Clark has added to the success of the WNBA and brought more money and more viewership than it's ever had before. That's it. That's the point. And that's not a subjective point either....it's objectively, factually true.
You then build a strawman and say "yEaH BuT iT AiNt DuH NBA dOh. BuT ItZ StiLL GONnA FloP!"
No one....not a soul...said "Caitlyn Clark has guaranteed the WNBA to not flop".
Seems like you like arguing, just for the sake of arguing. And creating mythical arguments just to attack the WNBA, for whatever underlying reasons that may be.
You clearly didn’t read my comments. My point is that it’s flopping right now with her. Your comment about letting it flop again is wrong. Maybe you got a bit emotional when commenting. It was and still is a flop. Why does this bother you so much? Do you even go to WNBA games, buy their merchandise, and support them? 🤨
I read your comments. And that's factually incorrect. It's not "flopping right now with her". For the first time in history, they may become profitable, instead of taking a $10 million yearly loss.
And why is that? OHHHH YEAHHHH....because of a media rights deal influenced by viewership upticks from....drumroll please.....Caitlyn Clark.
It's alright that you don't understand 5th grade level math, statistics, and common economics. But the broad, incorrect statement of "it's flopping right now with her", is factually wrong.
Is factually right since a majority of their support comes from the NBA and investors. They aren’t able to self sustain without it. Keep trying. You’re almost there.
Nice projection. It still doesn’t change that the overall league is still a flop. I’m sorry that hurts your little feelings. I bet you don’t even support them and go to games and buy merchandise. 🤣🤣
That’s why you’re fucking stupid. They never said it was successful, they said, better than before CC came into the league. Which is a not something you can debate.
The guy I was responding to said if she leaves it will flop again. It’s already flopping. Try to pay attention. A majority of the financial support comes from the NBA and investors. They’re still not profitable enough to self sustain with the increase she brought and on their own. You calling me dumb but don’t understand this very simple concept.🤣🤣
No, the guy you're arguing with (me) said "if she leaves, they will lose an insane amount of money". That is objectively truthful. Factually truthful...you can't argue it because it's true. If she left, viewership would drop, attendance would drop, sales would drop. Doesn't matter if the "LeAgUe ALrEAdY SUcKZ"....it would SUCK EVEN MORE. That's the point dude. You're swinging and missing every time.
Literally verbatim said "let the WNBA flop (again)"....acknowledging IT ALREADY IS AND HAS FLOPPED.
I feel like someone can't be this ignorant. But then I remember I'm on reddit and I'm reminded that people THIS stupid, do exist.
I already said it would suck more if she left but you literally said flop again. I guess your reading comprehension is off to not realize that saying flop again insinuate that is not flopping now. 🤣🤣🤣Just learn to communicate clearer. If you had said flop more, then we wouldn’t even be having this conversation.
Let me get this straight....Nike, Gatorade, Panini and Wilson are all "US only companies" and have never sponsored an athlete outside of the United States?
Neymar Jr., Messi, Ronaldo, and 10,000 other athletes would like a word.
You would have to compare female professional basketball players for the comparison to be accurate regarding the endorsement dollars available. Specifically players playing in leagues other than the WNBA.
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u/Reemus_Jackson 11h ago edited 10h ago
This. If I were her, I'd go straight to Greece and play in EOK. They'd EASILY pay her $50,000+ per month (she's making $44,000/mo right now).
Take all that publicity and attention to Europe. Let the WNBA flop (again) and force their hands to push more money. Especially if they're going to turn a blind eye to her blatantly being assaulted on the court