Emmanuel Acho Contends Caitlin Clark Has Already Done Her WNBA Career And The Organization Doesn’t Need Any More.
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Acho says Clark received WNBA charter flights, the new CBA, and major contracts worth up to $1.4 million a year. Now that eyes are on the league, his take is that “if Caitlin disappeared from the WNBA, she wouldn’t be missed.”
“Caitlin got the eyes that were needed there, but now that the eyes are there, we don’t need any more,” Acho said on the “Speakeasy” podcast, comparing Clark to Moses leading the WNBA through its own Red Sea.
The former NFL quarterback hails his arrival in 2024 with a boom: record attendance, record TV audiences, a media rights deal worth more than $3 billion, revenue sharing, and charter flights made available under the new CBA. The salary increased from about $1.5 million to $7 million, and the biggest stars now earn up to $1.4 million a year.
His first line was that the league “would be better off without Caitlin Clark because she’s more of a distraction than an addition.” Then the answer was negative.
“I’ve been called the n-word more times in the last 24 hours than in the last 24 years of defending Caitlin Clark,” he said, arguing that his defenders’ abuse is why he sees her as the league’s worst net.
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