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- WNBA commissioner denies alleged statement saying Caitlin Clark should be 'grateful' to league for success</p>
<p>Jackson ThompsonOctober 4, 2025 at 2:57 AM</p>
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<p>WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert addressed a conversation revealed by player Napheesa Collier, who alleged Engelbert said "[Caitlin Clark] should be grateful she makes $16 million off the court because without the platform that the WNBA gives her, she wouldn't make anything."</p>
<p>Engelbert said at a press conference Friday she did not make those comments.</p>
<p>"Obviously, I did not make those comments. Caitlin has been a transformational player in this league. She's been a great representative of the game. She's brought in tens of millions of new fans to the game," Engelbert said.</p>
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<p>WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert speaks during a news conference before the WNBA All-Star Game July 19, 2025, in Indianapolis.</p>
<p>Collier also alleged that Engelbert said, "Players should be on their knees, thanking their lucky stars for the media rights deal that I got them."</p>
<p>Engelbert addressed those alleged comments as well, claiming there have been a lot of "inaccuracies" reported in the media, but she did not explicitly deny making those comments as she did with the alleged Clark comments.</p>
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<p>"There's a lot of innacuracy out there through social media and all this reporting," Engelbert said. "A lot of reporting, a lot of innacuracy about what I say, what I didn't say."</p>
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<p>Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark plays against the Dallas Wings in Indianapolis Sept. 15, 2024.</p>
<p>Engelbert later said, "I'm disheartened. I'm a human too. I have a family. I have two kids who are devastated by these comments. So, all I say is that it's obviously been a tough week, and I just think there's a lot of innacuracy out there."</p>
<p>Still, Engelbert acknowledged that if players don't feel "appreciated" then she has to do better.</p>
<p>"I was disheartened to hear that some players feel the league and that I personally do not care about them or listen to them," Engelbert said before Game 1 of the WNBA Finals Friday night.</p>
<p>"If the players in the 'W' don't feel appreciated and value from the league, we have to do better, and I have to do better."</p>
<p>The WNBA and its players' union, the WNBPA, are in negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement.</p>
<p>The players' association and the WNBA agreed to an eight-year agreement in 2020, but last year the WNBPA voted to opt out of the agreement early.</p>
<p>The current agreement is due to expire Oct. 31.</p>
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