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More than 2.4 million viewers tuned in to Monday's WNBA draft. Viewership was up more than 300% from last year, with more people watching the WNBA draft than this year's NHL and MLB drafts combined.
Despite the surge in viewership, the WNBA still lags far behind the NBA in terms of revenue and player compensation. Iowa's Caitlin Clark, who went first overall to the Indiana fever, will make north of $76,000 in her first year, with incremental increases over 4 years. For comparison, last year's No. 1 NBA draft Victor Wembanyama is bringing in $12 million for his rookie year.
On Wednesday, Scripps News spoke with Terri Carmichael Jackson, Executive Director of the WNBA Players Association, about compensation, comparison with the NBA and the near future of the WNBA as it reaches a new audience."To everybody who's been paying attention to professional women's basketball, to everybody who's been paying attention to the and the high level of talent there knows that it has always been an issue — not just now," Jackson said.
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