Indiana Fever land $500,000 money bonus however Caitlin Clark is left fuming over rule that ‘is mindless’
THE Indiana Fever took residence an enormous paycheck on Tuesday night time after an enormous win.
The Fever are the 2025 Commissioner’s Cup winners after taking down the Minnesota Lynx.
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The Fever flexed their muscle tissues by defeating the Lynx 74-59 with out the assistance of Caitlin Clark.
Clark remains to be down with a groin damage and was unable to play within the contest.
The Fever nonetheless rallied for an enormous win, with Natasha Howard scoring 16 factors, Sophie Cunningham dropping 13, and Aliyah Boston, Kelsey Mitchell, and Aari McDonald all scoring 12.
“My ladies did their factor!!!!!!” Clark posted on X.
“So proud!! Lfggggg”
With the win comes an enormous payday, with the roster getting a $500,000 bonus.
The Fever have 11 gamers on their roster, that means every participant goes residence with round $50,000.
Nonetheless, the payday sparked some outrage from Clark.
Clark identified that the Commissioner’s Cup champions get a much bigger payday than the WNBA champions.
“You get extra for this than you do in the event you’re a champion,” she mentioned on an Instagram Reside video.
“It is mindless. Somebody assist… Cathy [Engelbert] assist us out!”
The WNBA Champions solely get round $20,000 every for successful the complete league.
WNBA followers have been outraged about this and joined in Clark’s complaints on social media.
“Caitlin was hilarious all celebration lengthy final night time however possibly the dumbest factor the @wnba does is paying the champs of the commissioners cup greater than the true champs,” Barstool proprietor Dave Portnoy mentioned.
WNBA 2025 All-Star Roster
Caitlin Clark and Napheesa Collier have been named captains of the 2025 WNBA All-Star Recreation.
Guards:
- Paige Bueckers* – Dallas Wings
- Caitlin Clark* – Indiana Fever
- Sabrina Ionescu* – New York Liberty
- Allisha Grey* – Atlanta Dream
- Kelsey Mitchell – Indiana Fever
- Skylar Diggins – Seattle Storm
- Kelsey Plum – Los Angeles Sparks
- Brittany Sykes – Washington Mystics
- Natasha Cloud – New York Liberty
- Jackie Younger – Las Vegas Aces
Frontcourt:
- Napheesa Collier* – Minnesota Lynx
- A’ja Wilson* – Las Vegas Aces
- Breanna Stewart* – New York Liberty
- Aliyah Boston* – Indiana Fever
- Nneka Ogwumike* – Seattle Storm
- Satou Sabally* – Phoenix Mercury
- Angel Reese – Chicago Sky
- Kiki Iriafen – Washington Mystics
- Gabby Williams – Seattle Storm
- Alyssa Thomas – Phoenix Mercury
*Voted as a starter
“How is that even doable?” one fan requested.
“CC making the haters extra mad and I’m right here for it!” one other fan mentioned.
“She’s so proper!!” a 3rd fan mentioned.
“Hats off to Caitlin for calling out the difficulty with the WNBA management,” a fourth fan mentioned.
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