correction
A previous version of this article incorrectly said that the Mystics' game against the Mercury in July would be played at Entertainment and Sports Arena. The game will be played at Capital One Arena.
On the day before Caitlin Clark achieved her latest record, a $28 million signature sneaker deal with Nike, the professional basketball union she is about to become part of released a statement on Instagram: “Endorsements are NOT WNBA salary.”
It was a reminder from the Women’s National Basketball Players Association that, to twist a phrase from the now bad-and-boujee Tony Kornheiser (who pointed out some years ago that we’re in a golden era for sportswriters but not necessarily for sportswriting), we have entered a golden era for a woman playing basketball but not for women’s professional basketball. Or women’s college basketball, for that matter.
