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One WNBA player isn’t happy with Ice Cube and his big contract offer to Caitlin Clark.
On Wednesday morning, TMZ reported that the rapper-turned-business mogul offered Clark $5 million to play in his BIG3 basketball league next season.
Cube confirmed the report on social media and revealed why he offered Clark a contract to play in the BIG3.
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“We intended the offer to remain private while Caitlin Clark plays for the championship. But I won’t deny what’s now already out there: BIG3 made a historic offer to Caitlin Clark. Why wouldn’t we? Caitlin is a generational athlete who can achieve tremendous success in the BIG3.”
“America’s women athletes should not be forced to spend their off seasons playing in often dismal and dubious foreign countries just to make ends meet.”
“And they should have more than just one professional option in the US at a time when American pro sports leagues are being infiltrated by autocratic, anti-women regimes such as Qatar. Our pathbreaking offer to Caitlin Clark demonstrates that BIG3 now offers another choice for athletes.”
WNBA’s Lexie Brown of the LA Sparks reacted to Cube’s proposal to Clark by criticizing him for not offering contracts to other women players in the past.
so no other women’s basketball player has came to mind in the last 7 years? https://t.co/gIprRjhDqe
— Lexie Brown (@Lexiebrown) March 27, 2024
Instead of i don’t know, supporting the women’s league that already exists…let’s do this…in the middle of the NCAA tournament.
men are HILARIOUS.
— Lexie Brown (@Lexiebrown) March 27, 2024
this is why i said something. he’s wrapped this in “support women athletes” and y’all talking crazy about the WNBA. pic.twitter.com/M7QPysOsOA
— Lexie Brown (@Lexiebrown) March 27, 2024