{"id":570101,"date":"2026-03-30T05:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T05:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/570101\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T05:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T05:20:11","slug":"caitlin-clark-discusses-wnba-cba-indiana-fever-title-chances-kelsey-mitchell-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/570101\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark discusses WNBA CBA, Indiana Fever title chances, Kelsey Mitchell free agency"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Caitlin Clark was in Oklahoma City Sunday evening for NBC\u2019s \u201cBasketball Night in America.\u201d (Photo: NBC)<\/p>\n

Caitlin Clark joined NBC as a special contributor<\/a> two months ago and on Sunday evening, she made her second appearance on the program, \u201cBasketball Night in America.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clark wore a navy suit with a white button-down shirt. Likely Prada.<\/p>\n

It had been nearly two months since Clark\u2019s first appearance on NBC, which came before the network\u2019s Olympic coverage. In that time, she helped lead Team USA to a 5\u20130 record in San Juan at the FIBA World Cup Qualifying Tournament, where she was also named MVP.<\/a><\/p>\n

Clark, who joined for a segment 16 minutes into the show, answered questions from host Maria Taylor. The two were at the desk near center court \u2014 on site at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City before the Thunder beat the New York Knicks, 111-100.<\/p>\n

Taylor introduced her as \u201cone of the most transformative players in the game, Caitlin Clark. And I say the game, not just women\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n

The biggest news since her last appearance was the WNBA and WNBPA both ratifying a new Collective Bargaining Agreement<\/a>, which runs through 2032. The new agreement is still being written, but the agreed upon terms were centered on revenue sharing for the first time in league history.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did it, baby!\u201d Clark said with a big smile.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a lot more benefits, but a significant hike in salaries and revenue sharing were the two things Clark highlighted as the most transformative \u2014\u00a0a word both the league and players union emphasized.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s as simple as that,\u201d she said. \u201cObviously there’s a lot of great things in the CBA as we move forward. But I think it sets a precedent for all of women’s sports going forward, not just women’s basketball. That we’re truly valued and the product that we put on the floor is valued.<\/p>\n

“Just excited and really thankful for everybody;\u00a0everybody on the WNBA side and everybody on the (WNBPA) side. People put a lot of time and energy into it, took time away from their families. They were having 10-hour meetings and they were up ’til 4 a.m. Just really grateful and thankful. People were very selfless through the process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clark has been a catalyst for the growth of women\u2019s sports. More people are following, watching, and engaging in content. She\u2019s an entertainer \u2014 and she gets it. That\u2019s among many reasons why being limited to just 13 games last season due to injury<\/a> was so challenging.<\/p>\n

Taylor asked Clark \u2014 the leading vote-getter in the WNBA All-Star Game<\/a> since she entered the league \u2014 what she believes her role is in the growth of women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark was in Oklahoma City Sunday evening for NBC\u2019s \u201cBasketball Night in America.\u201d (Photo: NBC) Caitlin Clark…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":570102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-570101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}