{"id":2357205,"date":"2024-10-20T12:14:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T16:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/angel-reese-admits-im-living-beyond-my-means-as-she-complains-about-her-wnba-salary\/"},"modified":"2024-10-20T12:15:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T16:15:11","slug":"angel-reese-admits-im-living-beyond-my-means-as-she-complains-about-her-wnba-salary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/angel-reese-admits-im-living-beyond-my-means-as-she-complains-about-her-wnba-salary\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel Reese Admits &#8216;I&#8217;m Living Beyond My Means&#8217; as She Complains About Her WNBA Salary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fangel-reese-admits-im-living-beyond-my-means-as-she-complains-about-her-wnba-salary%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=2357205&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>WNBA star Angel Reese has \u2062become a \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-grants-26-pardons-and-3-commutations-includes-numerous-prominent-names\/\" title=\"Trump Grants 26 Pardons And 3 Commutations, Includes Numerous Prominent Names\">prominent figure<\/a> in sports, particularly following her notable performance in April 2023, where she \u2062garnered attention\u200b for showing off\u2063 her championship ring after\u200c defeating Iowa&#8217;s Caitlin Clark&#8217;s \u2063team. Despite her\u2064 rising fame, Reese&#8217;s\u2064 WNBA salary is insufficient to cover her living expenses, as she revealed \u2062her\u200b monthly rent is\u2063 $8,000. With a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-founding-fathers-6-prophetic-warnings-that-are-coming-true\/\" title=\"The Founding Fathers: 6 Prophetic Warnings That Are Coming True\">base salary<\/a> of $73,439 for the 2024 season and projected to \u200brise slightly in 2025, she candidly \u2062stated that her WNBA earnings don\u2019t even cover\u2063 her \u2064basic bills.<\/p>\n<p>Reese has opted to capitalize on her high-profile image through\u200b endorsements rather \u2062than relying solely\u200c on her athletic salary. \u200cShe \u2064has secured significant endorsement \u2062deals that have\u2062 provided her with additional income, \u2063stating that these \u200dearnings\u200d make up\u2064 the bulk of her financial support. She earns money from various brands, including Reebok and Beats by Dre, and emphasized that endorsements are now her\u2062 primary source of income.<\/p>\n<p>In her \u200dpursuit of \u200cfinancial stability, Reese has expressed that her lifestyle has outgrown her WNBA salary, turning to endorsements \u2063and\u2064 her popularity to maintain her\u200d standard of living. She is also set to join a 3-on-3 women&#8217;s league named Unrivaled, where salaries are expected to be much higher. Despite the challenges, \u2063she remains optimistic about her and Clark&#8217;s impact on the sport and the \u2063fan base, hoping they can eventually \u200dteam up \u200bin the future.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>WNBA star Angel Reese wants to keep the hate flowing because, she says, it &mdash; and not her WNBA salary &mdash; is what pays the bills.<\/p>\n<p>Reese vaulted to the top of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-weekend-sports-update\/\" title=\"The Weekend Sports Update\">sports conversation<\/a> in April 2023 when the then-LSU star made waves showing Iowa&rsquo;s Caitlin Clark where her championship ring would go after defeating Clark&rsquo;s team, pitting them as arch-rivals, with Reese often cast as the villain.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My life literally just changed from that game,&rdquo; Reese told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/sports\/basketball\/wnba-womens-basketball-aja-wilson-angel-reese-5737cbfc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And her lifestyle has since outgrown the WNBA salary cap. The Chicago Sky forward made $73,439 as a base salary during the 2024 season and will make $74,909 in 2025, according <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/90257\/angel-reese\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to Spotrac<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And so she relies on her high-profile image to rake in the big bucks through endorsements.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Hating pays them bills, baby. I just hope y&rsquo;all know the WNBA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t pay my bills at all,&rdquo; she said in a video <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sipthisteaaaaa\/status\/1846593060777402653\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted to X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Angel Reese reveals that her rent is $8k a month and that her $74k WNBA earnings can&rsquo;t cover any of her bills &#128064; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zXBN5IZMIU\">pic.twitter.com\/zXBN5IZMIU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; sip this &#9749;&#65039; (@sipthisteaaaaa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sipthisteaaaaa\/status\/1846593060777402653?\">October 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t even think that pays one of my bills. Literally, I&rsquo;m trying to think of my rent for where I stay at. Let me do the math real quick. I don&rsquo;t even know my salary, seventy-four? OK,&rdquo; she said, evidently plugging numbers into a calculator.<\/p>\n<p>Reese said she is paying $8,000 per month, or $96,000 per year, for rent.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m living beyond my means!&rdquo; she laughed.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of her WNBA salary, she said, &ldquo;Did that even pay my car note?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I wouldn&rsquo;t even be able to eat a sandwich with that. I wouldn&rsquo;t even be able to eat. I wouldn&rsquo;t be able to live,&rdquo; she said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/sports\/wnba-star-angel-reese-admits-shes-living-beyond-her-means-salary-doesnt-pay-her-rent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox Business,<\/a> adding, &ldquo;That WNBA check don&rsquo;t pay a thing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But Reese&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/angel-reese-rips-media-making-wnba-villain-gets-major-reality-check-fans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">image<\/a> created a huge side hustle.<\/p>\n<p>Sports media company On3 paid out $1.8 million for a name, image and likeness deal with Reese, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/41858086\/sky-angel-reese-wnba-pay-my-bills\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In May, Reese said endorsements were her main income.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That check that I do get here is a bonus,&rdquo; Reese said then of her WNBA salary. &ldquo;Being able to play for what, four to five months, and get $75,000 on top of the other endorsements that I&rsquo;m doing, I think it&rsquo;s a plus for me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Reese will play in Unrivaled, a 3-on-3 women&rsquo;s league that begins in January. Salaries are projected to be about $250,000.<\/p>\n<p>Fox Business noted that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-angel-reese-creates-podcast-fight-false-narratives-instantly-torched-viewers-notice-major-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reese<\/a> has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cardi-b-mariah-carey-complain-of-racial-discrimination-pay-disparity\/\" title=\"Cardi B, Mariah Carey Complain Of Racial Discrimination, Pay Disparity\">endorsement deals<\/a> with Reebok, Beats by Dre, SI Swimsuit, Raising Cane&rsquo;s and more.<\/p>\n<p>In her Wall Street Journal interview, she said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-caitlin-clark-drops-bomb-media-mocks-rivalry-angel-reeses-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she and Clark<\/a> have been successful together, and voiced a hope that the togetherness might take a new shape.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We brought a lot of fans to this league,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;And I think we&rsquo;re going to continue to do that. 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She gained significant attention in April 2023 when she taunted Iowa&#8217;s Caitlin Clark after winning a championship, positioning herself as a controversial figure. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Reese revealed that her WNBA earnings of $73,439 for 2024 and $74,909 for 2025 are insufficient to cover her expenses. She stated that she pays $8,000 monthly in rent and relies heavily on endorsements to support herself financially. Despite acknowledging that her WNBA paycheck barely contributes to her living costs, she has secured lucrative endorsement deals worth millions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2357206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Angel-Reese.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32499,43380,43379,7188],"class_list":["post-2357205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-angel-reese","tag-athlete-lifestyle","tag-salary-concerns","tag-wnba"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Angel-Reese.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2357205","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2357205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2357205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2357206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2357205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2357205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2357205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}