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The unprecedented attention Caitlin Clark has brought to women's basketball has also put the massive salary disparity between the WNBA and the NBA under the microscope. The University of Iowa star was taken by the Indiana Fever with the No. 1 overall pick of the WNBA Draft on April 15 after a season in which she set records on the court and in the television ratings for women's basketball.
“When I saw the number, $76,000 in the first year and $78,000 in the second year, and $85,000 in the third year, for somebody who is now the face of women’s basketball, it seemed kind of ridiculous,” Hoda said on TODAY Tuesday. “A guy who is in the NBA, first year, they can get $10 million.” The No. 1 overall pick in last year's NBA Draft, San Antonio Spurs rookie star Victor Wembanyama, has a four-year, $55 million contract in which he earned $12.
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