Star basketball player Caitlin Clark is torn over a lucrative offer to play in the new Unrivaled basketball league . The Indiana Fever, as reported by Sports Business Journal , is hoping she turns it down. A source close to the team revealed that while they wouldn't obstruct Clark's decision, they hope to make playing for Indiana in the WNBA her sole focus.
"They recognize that if it's a Lionel Messi type offer, you're not going to tell her don't," said the insider. "But they hope she doesn't. They want to provide her with an environment [in Indiana] where there'd be no reason to do anything else.
" Caitlin Clark shows true colors with two-word message after Unrivaled deal Caitlin Clark was 'floored' by Olympic hero Simone Biles in WNBA locker room The insider added about the Fever's approach to the competition, "That's the focus. That's their hope. But do they think [Unrivaled] is going to throw her some [exorbitant] offer? Of course, they do.
Because what else are they [Unrivaled] going to do?" Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier, current WNBA stars, launched Unrivaled, a 3-on-3 winter league initially planning for a 30-player lineup but now featuring 36 across six teams, all competing in Miami. The newly established league has clinched an exclusive media rights deal with Warner Bros. Discovery, raking in an estimated $100 million.
A source confided to SBJ that Unrivaled is prepared to give Clark "as long as she wants" to decide on their $1 million offer, which dwarfs her r.
