Caitlin Clark stands up to WNBA

Saturday’s WNBA All-Star Game marked a significant moment in the history of the league, as each player at the event wore a shirt demanding an increase in player compensation move forward. And the biggest star in the league, Caitlin Clark, is in full support of the player movement.

Ongoing negotiations are continuing on a new collective bargaining agreement between the WNBA and the players’ union. And perhaps the biggest topic on the table in these negotiations is league-wide increases in player salary.

WNBA players seem to understand that this issue needs to be aired publicly. And on Saturday, they did just that, warming up for the All-Star Game in black tee-shirts that read “Pay us what you owe us”. on the front of the shirt.

On Saturday, Clark spoke about the issue of player salaries in the WNBA, explaining that she is in full support of the players fighting for every dollar the players’ union is trying to fight for at the negotiations table.

“Honestly, I feel like that’s where we’re really fortunate is that we have those other deals. And I think that’s one of the things we’re in the room fighting for,” Clark said Saturday, via IndyStar. “Like Phee said, we should be paid more and hopefully that’s the case moving forward as the league continues to grow. That’s probably the most important thing that we’re in the room advocating for.”

Numerous WNBA players have gone as far as to threaten a potential league-wide holdout if the revenue-sharing from the league to its players isn’t improved upon in the new WNBA CBA. So clearly, the issue is serious enough for a league-wide stoppage in play.

Having one of the biggest stars in all of sports on the side of her fellow WNBA players should certainly be a warning to the WNBA that even someone like Clark could partake in a holdout. So it will be interesting to see how this situations develops as negotiations continue between the WNBA and the players union.