{"id":2228498,"date":"2024-04-23T19:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T23:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/caitlin-clark-lands-historic-shoe-contract-report\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T19:16:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T23:16:17","slug":"caitlin-clark-lands-historic-shoe-contract-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/caitlin-clark-lands-historic-shoe-contract-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark secures groundbreaking shoe deal: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcaitlin-clark-lands-historic-shoe-contract-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2228498&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Women&#8217;s basketball star Caitlin Clark has secured \u2062a historic shoe contract with Nike, set to sign an eight-year deal worth\u200d $28 million with her signature shoe.\u2062 Negotiations with \u200ctop athletic brands like Puma and Adidas intensified, with Under Armour offering $16 million over four years. Clark&#8217;s exceptional talent \u2064garnered significant interest, transcending the need to stay in college. The\u2062 Wall Street Journal highlighted Clark&#8217;s strategic negotiations, impressing shoe executives during discussions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Women\u2019s basketball star <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/caitlin-clark\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Caitlin Clark<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  has reportedly landed a historic shoe contract with Nike.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Clark is<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in line to sign an eight-year deal after the shoe company offered the women\u2019s basketball star <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">$28 million and a signature shoe, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/sports\/basketball\/caitlin-clark-nike-deal-415ee8ec?st=jt8jyb6zzw9snx3&#038;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Wall Street Journal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Negotiations between Clark and athletic companies <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">such as Puma, Nike, Under Armour, and Adidas began in February and reportedly got pretty intense, according to the outlet. Reps for Clark from Excel Sports Management allegedly made it clear they weren\u2019t taking offers that amounted to less than $3 million a year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Puma reportedly thought that request was too high and <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">walked away from negotiations. The brand already has a deal with Breanna Stewart of the New York Liberty, which includes her own signature shoe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the time, Clark had yet to announce her plans to enter the WNBA draft and several companies reportedly made their offer based on her remaining at the University of Iowa and playing for the Hawkeyes one more year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cShe played herself into a position where it wasn\u2019t even contingent on staying in college,\u201d someone familiar with the deals told the outlet. \u201cPeople just wanted her.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The WSJ noted that some shoe executives were surprised by how well-prepared Clark and her reps were during a Zoom call.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  Adidas offered the basketball star $6 million over four years, but with the offer being so far off the mark, that left Under Armour, who came in with a $16 million offer over four years and her own signature shoe, WSJ noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In just one hour, Fanatics has completely sold out of Caitlin Clark\u2019s Fever jersey in sizes XS, M, L, XL, and XXL, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/darrenrovell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@darrenrovell<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KPzpckeQgh\">pic.twitter.com\/KPzpckeQgh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDunkCentral\/status\/1780060114185064590?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, Nike\u2019s offer would be record-setting for women\u2019s basketball, giving Clark another shot at breaking a record, WSJ noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/former-nba-star-paul-pierce-was-only-impressed-by-caitlin-clark-after-she-beat-a-bunch-of-black-girls\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clark<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  recently set a new record when she <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">went <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/39951045\/indiana-fever-select-iowa-caitlin-clark-top-pick-2024-wnba-draft\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">number one<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  overall in the 2024 WNBA draft to the Indiana Fever, and afterward her new jersey shot to the top of Fanatics \u2014 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/caitlin-clark-breaks-record-for-jersey-sales\/\" title=\"Caitlin Clark Sets New Record in Jersey Sales\">official online retailer<\/a> for the league, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/04\/16\/caitlin-clark-indiana-fever-jersey-history-fanatics-wnba\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TMZ<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deadspin-blasted-for-calling-espns-sage-steele-the-black-candace-owens\/\" title=\"Deadspin Blasted for Calling ESPN's Sage Steele the 'Black Candace Owens'\">sports site<\/a> said it put up preorders for her No. 22 jersey \u2014 which sold out and has become the top-selling draft pick jersey in the company\u2019s history across all sports, the outlet noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/caitlin-clark-breaks-ncaa-scoring-record-set-by-pistol-pete-maravich\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clark<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  previously became the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soccer-record-wsl-crowd-sees-arsenal-cruise-to-4-0-win-over-spurs\/\" title=\"Soccer-Record WSL crowd sees Arsenal cruise to 4-0 win over Spurs\">top scorer<\/a> in NCAA basketball history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/caitlin-clark-breaks-record-for-jersey-sales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caitlin Clark Breaks Record For Jersey\u00a0Sales<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women\u2019s basketball sensation Caitlin Clark is set to ink a groundbreaking eight-year, $28 million deal with Nike, including her own signature shoe. The deal marks a historic milestone for Clark, who had attracted interest from top athletic brands like Puma, Under Armour, and more. The Wall Street Journal broke the news on this monumental agreement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":2228499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-2049055870-scaled-e1709499474266.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2228498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-2049055870-scaled-e1709499474266.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2228498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2228499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2228498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2228498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2228498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}