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Wnba Commissioner Katie Engelbert turned to a conversation presented by the player by the Nafey Collier, who claimed that Engelbert said “[Caitlin Clark] I must be grateful that she earns $ 16 million at the court, because she will do nothing without the platform that she gives Wnba. ”
Engelbert said At a press conference on Friday, she did not make these comments.
“Obviously, I did not make these comments. Caitlin was a transformational player in this league. She was an excellent representative of the game. She led to the game tens of millions of new fans, ”Engelbert said.
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Wnba Commissioner Katie Engelbert acts during a press conference before the Wnba All-Star game on July 19, 2025 in Indianapolis. (Michael Konrai/Ap Photo)
The Koller also claimed that Engelbert said: “The players should be on their knees, thanking their lucky ones for the deal with the rights on the media that I received them.”
Engelbert also turned to these alleged comments, arguing that many “inaccuracies” were registered in the media, but she clearly did not deny that she made these comments, as well as with the alleged comments of Clark.
“There are a lot of individuality in social networks and all this reports,” Engelbert said. “A lot of messages, a lot of individuality regarding what I say, that I have not said.”
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Indiana guard of the fever Kaitlin Clark plays against the wings of Dallas in Indianapolis on September 15, 2024. (Michael Konrai, File/AP Photo)
Engelbert later said: “I am disappointed. I am also a man. I have a family. I have two children who are devastated by these comments. Therefore, I say that it was obviously a difficult week, and I just think there is a lot of individuality. ”
Nevertheless, Engelbert admitted that if players do not feel “appreciated”, then she will have to achieve more.
“I was disappointed to hear that some players feel the league, and that I personally do not care about them and do not listen to them,” Engelbert said before the game 1 in the Wnba final on Friday evening.
“If players in“ W ”do not feel valuable and valuable from the league, we must achieve more success, and I have to achieve more.”
The Wnba Union and its players, Wnbpa, is negotiating a new collective agreement.
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Kaitlin Clark poses with Wnba Commissioner Katie Engelbert after she was chosen as a common choice No. 1 in the Indiana fever in the Wnba Draw 2024 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York, April 15, 2024. (Brad Penner/USA Today Sports)
The Association of Players and WNBA agreed to an eight -year agreement in 2020, but last year WnbPa voted to abandon the agreement at an early stage.
The current agreement must expire on October 31.
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