'Unrivaled' basketball league 'to launch full-court press' to lure Caitlin Clark to star-studded ranks

The caller 'Unrivaled' women's hoops league volition reportedly motorboat a full-on violative to lure Caitlin Clark to its ranks. 

The league, co-founded by WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier, volition employment a 3-on-3 benignant and feature a full of 30 apical players similar Kelsey Plum, Brittney Griner and Angel Reese.

However, it has yet to seizure 1 of the WNBA's biggest blockbuster names successful Clark astatine the extremity of her rookie season. 

But disconnected the backmost of landing a caller TV deal, 'Unrivaled' reportedly won't beryllium deterred successful its pursuit. 

The league is acceptable to motorboat its violative successful the coming fewer weeks with a 'full-court press' for the erstwhile Iowa Hawkeye's signature, according to a study from Front Office Sports. 

The 3-on-3 league is said to person been biding its clip with nary unreserved to unit Clark, who is enjoying the offseason aft her debut play successful the pros with the Indiana Fever. 

However, it is seemingly acceptable to measurement up its attack with the anticipation that the entreaty of a lucrative paycheck and the imaginable of playing alongside immoderate of the biggest names successful the crippled tin lure successful Clark. 

Clark, though, isn't abbreviated of cash. Despite a rookie wage of a specified $76,535 per year, the 22-year-old is believed to pouch millions acknowledgment to a reported eight-year woody with Nike worthy $28 cardinal and aggregate sponsorships, including State Farm and Gatorade. 

Asked astir the anticipation of joining the 3-on-3 contention successful August, she said 'Honestly, I'm conscionable focused connected this close now. One happening astatine a time. Can't ever conscionable beryllium moving connected to the next, my absorption is close here.' 

The 'Unrivaled' play begins connected January 17 successful Miami and signing Clark would beryllium a monolithic coup for 'Unrivaled' acknowledgment to her immense ratings impact. 

Earlier this week, the league has reached an exclusive, multi-year statement with TNT Sports for broadcast rights, with games besides acceptable to look connected TruTV.

All games volition besides beryllium streamed connected Max.

The statement spans 45 regular play matchups, with TNT acceptable to broadcast games doubly per week and TruTV erstwhile a week.

TNT Sports has besides agreed to put an undisclosed magnitude into the league - joining a database of large backers similar Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, Steve Nash and Carmelo Anthony. 

Notably, the league antecedently announced that players volition each person a minimum starting wage of $100,000 each - which it says makes it the highest-paid pro US women's sports league.

The WNBA play lone runs from May to September, truthful 'Unrivaled' gives apical players a accidental to gain much wealth extracurricular of that clip period. 

'Unrivaled' is besides player-owned, 'offering participating players successful its inaugural play equity opportunities for a vested involvement successful the league's success,' according to the property release.