CLARK SALARY

AS PREDICTED CAITLIN CLARK, COLLEGE BASKETBALL'S ALL-TIME LEADING SCORER AND A LARGE PART OF THE REASON THAT A RECORD NUMBER OF VIEWERS TUNED IN TO LAST MONTH'S N-C-DOUBLE-A WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, WAS SELECTED FIRST OVERALL BY THE INDIANA FEVER IN THIS YEAR'S W-N-B-A DRAFT. 
THE UNPRECEDENTED ATTENTION SHE HAS BROUGHT TO WOMENS BASKETBALL IS ALSO PLACING THE HUGE SALARY DISPARITY BETWEEN THE WNBA AND NBA UNDER STRICT SCRUTINY. CLARK SIGNED A 4-YEAR ROOKIE CONTRACT FOR $338,000 WHILE THE NUMBER 1 PICK IN LAST YEAR'S NBA DRAFT SIGNED A 4-YEAR, $55 MILLION CONTRACT- MAKING A CONTRACT DIFFERENCE OF WELL OVER $54.66 MILLION.