Now wait, Caitlin had a NIL deal with NIKE in college why in the hell didn't they have one ready to go right after the Draft. Something is rotten here!!!!!!
EXACTLY! Nike was working on LeBron's shoe so they would have a concept ready in time to make a pitch to him..WHILE HE WAS STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL. And the defenders of those clowns say that they couldn't have her shoe ready for her for her debut??
She may not have had the time to work with Nike on her shoe. Post the NCAA finals she was travelling for her awards, then snl, the draft, moving to Indianapolis, team practice team et al.
Nike signed Clark at such a cheap rate that they can afford to put her on the back burner for a few years. If they had committed $20+million a yr to Clark's contract they would have released a shoe already to recover that money
@@charlesbeck5511Or, quite possibly, CAITLIN isn't worried about the money. Ultimately the agent works for Caitlin, and is under her direction. Caitlin is no dummy, and will hire a new agent IF she's dissatisfied with the one she has.
Nike agreement is past due to renegotiate. CC is a $200,000,000 dollar plus athlete if there ever was. Pay the million dollar(or whatever) penalty to break the deal, and get the new deals going!
This delusional fools just say anything.... Caitlin in nowhere near a 200 million dollar athlete....You acting like she is Serena Williams or something... Women's basketball is not a draw like that... Only women's tennis..
It’s beginning to look like Nike signed her to keep her away from their competitors. Wilson’s line of basketballs pretty much told the whole story about CC’s draw, now the golf world what’s the hold up?!
This agent comes off as a Midwestern housewife rather than a tough as nails negotiator. Caitlin is very smart I’m surprised that she hired this person.
I watched half the interview and was left in a mental noontime collapse. No fire as I see from other agents. Very little talk about Caitlin and her future. Caitlin Clark is the number one box office draw in the world and her agent seems not to get it. I don’t know what she’s like in the negotiation room but I didn’t come away with the hope that she is in good hands 🤔🤔🤔🤔
The slow walk from Nike is a monumental failure. Now is the start of high school basketball across the country. An untold number would have been pre-ordered for just this very moment by HS and MS girls
I watched the interview, too. It was very disappointing. The lady was underwhelming. Her discussions about evaluating the market, letting the fans choose, etc., for your worth are not how this works. You set the bar, you set the prices. There is no other athlete like her to use as a comparison- Im am very concerned.
Ok. Well we all know Caitlin and her family are not brainless SO how did they allow this nut job agent to continue handling Caitlin’s deals! And what? The Clark family and Caitlin herself don’t have the courage or backbone to tell this idiot agent to hit the bricks?? Cmon there’s gotta be more to this!
Like maybe they aren't unhappy with the job she's doing? Ultimately this agent is working under Caitlin's direction and doing what Caitlin wants. What do you think, that Caitlin works for the agent? Caitlin is the boss of her, not the other way around, and she can be fired fairly easily.
@ Exactly! PLUS don’t these agents work on a contingent fee basis meaning the bigger the deal the bigger their share?? So it benefits the agent to close high and close ASAP!! So either this agent is terribly inexperienced or terribly inept! But as I said the entire family is educated so something like this situation would not be so complicated!
@mrbert29 it's easy for all these armchair analysts to sit there and shout out their opinions on what Caitlin should get. Caitlin's a big girl, and no dummy either, obviously she's not that dissatisfied with what this agent is doing. These people need to look in the mirror, and if Caitlin's face is not looking back at them, then they should sit down, and shut up.
How can you have a client like Caitlin and strike the “deal” that was made with Nike… I HOPE there’s some sort of renegotiation clause somewhere in there because Nike did legal robbery
what the hell do you know? 'Sorry, mom...', big talk from one blatently uninformed... Caitlin has a very strong and bright support team.........Check them out next time you step up to the tables in Monte Carlo,
The whole thing is fishy. Excel Sports Management is one of the best. They have Tiger Woods, Jeter and others big names under management. We still don't know if CC gets a % of the sales or just a base contract. We do not know what time table was in the contract for a new shoe. CC's mother is a Marketing Specialist that runs CC business now. I put some of it on CC and her parents. Both are top management in their companies. I do not see CC firing ESM. I believe she fully knew what she signed and what the future looked like. As we all know, CC would not sign the WNBA PA contract until her lawyer looked at it. CC is not this naive woman. If she felt screwed, she and her lawyers will seek to get out of the deal.
Which is exactly what I've been thinking. This agent isn't the boss of her, she's working for Caitlin. Not one of us on the outside knows what Caitlin wants. And Caitlin doesn't live in a vacuum, she's aware of what other people are saying, and what deals others are getting, if she were truly dissatisfied that agent would be history.
We wanna give CC the world. The funny thing is seeing CC not get everything she is due makes us love her even more 😂 She’s a champion AND an underdog at the same time
@@AntwoineBaker You ever look at the lists of HOF players that never won in College? What about all the payers that DID win one and got cut in training camp?
There is a STOPPAGE or some sort of BLACKLISTING going on here, by what powers that be , is to be determined. It is obvious. It makes no common sense for it to be otherwise. For an Athlete, like Caitlin Clark , that has so much popularity,not to be in more Ads and sponsoring more products makes zero sense.
I Was NOT Impressed! She Was Busy Spewing “I do this, I do this…” But I Didn’t Hear Her Say This Is What I Am Gonna Do For Her… SHE SOUNDED WEAK! ***BORING*** HELLO, KNOCK, KNOCK … Is Anybody HOME??? 😳🤯🤔 She Did NOT SOUND LIKE SHE HAD A GAME PLAN! Wimpy, Wimpy, Wimpy! 😤🫨🙄 GET THIS GIRL “ A REAL AGENT” 💯‼️💪🏽🫵🏼👇🏼NOW‼️ 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼#22🐐🔥🔥🔥
Of course she didn't offer a game plan, she isn't really Clark's agent, just someone on screen to rile up the haters and their lap dogs.....Clark's real agent is holing up in Moscow waiting for the inauguration...
Talk to Aj'a Wison. She is the sole reason for this. She won't allow Caitlin's shoe out the same time. Just do your research. Most of the Wnba players have been dying for acceptance for years and now Caitlin Clark comes out of college dominating the league and yall thought they were gonna be nice about it? She has a rare thing: a high basketball I.Q.. matched with a Black Mamba mentality and they hate her because of it. I think we just have to get used to it
It's a perfect pool cushions' joke, or bully, where all the cushions are faked by the same organization. I hope CC is walking safely in other clean paths, otherwise these criminals could be able to drive her crazy.
You are right, here, Ben. "Soft" is the vibe. "Passive" and "receptive" are also the feelings. It represents lost or unnecessarily delayed opportunities.
Yah that nice lady is way out of her league. But let’s call a Spade a spade, This lady is on brand for CC. CC brand is humble midwestern, folksy, real, likeable. She’s not an arrogant money grubbing a-hole. She won’t hire someone like that either.
Spit and fury! Piss and baloney! Venom and pinworms! Hurrah for ignorance! Hurrah for bitterness! You and your generosity will inherit the earth. Bible says so.
Cc and Company are building a brand, their brand, based on their wants, values and terms. You might not like it, but that is how it is. She might have the biggest back end deal in history and we would never know.
So many of these armchair analysts are sitting there shouting out their opinions on what's right for Caitlin. Look in the mirror, if you don't see Caitlin's face looking back at you, sit down and shut up.
This lady is a fool she doesn't know what she is doing, you are very correct Ben Daniel i want to ask what is the father of Caitlin doing how can they have the biggest start in the world and allow Nike to run her through with that nonsense of a contract to begin 28, million for 8 years what a joke and no shoe until now. That deal should have been 5 years to say the list.
Feels like a friend, not a dog. Lighting in a bottle I hope the world doesn't mess this one up Humanity needs Caitlin & Indiana Fever as an escape from the mundane and social inertia Sports does that Escapism at its finest Meanwhile Dub Nation!
It’s insane, she’s a marketing major!! She is worth easily 100 million just for her golf/clothes lines. Then shoe, endorsement, appearances. What is her agent doing???
$4 million a year is not enough from Nike. It was in 2023 but things have changed. I wish it was a 3 year contract and not 8. She should walk away if they don’t get her shoe done soon. The problem is she likes Nike and wants to work with them. I think the Nike contract is salvageable if she can make $5 per shoe sold. That would far surpass her base contract with Nike. I don’t think they have any idea how hot these shoes are going to be for both men and women. Like nothing they have seen before in women’s sports.
If I were Caitlin, I would've fired that woman when she came to my face with a 8-year $28M contract from Nike as if she was still back at Iowa or something. Check this out, Nike was working on LeBron's shoe so they would have a concept ready in time to make a pitch to him..WHILE HE WAS STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL. Both LeBron in 2003, and Jordan way back in 1984 both had their signature shoes ready for them in time for their debut games. And the defenders of those clowns say that they couldn't have her shoe ready until close to 2026?? Caitlin Clark needs to get some dawgs representing her business interests now, or else she is going to be in for some major disappointment later.
I can’t wait for the real details of that Nike deal are known 😂 CC is going make 150-200 million a year easily when her shoes come out & I know for a fact there’s an out clause that’s not even an issue the only question is when it triggers I say after year 5. If that 28 million is accurate she’s getting 10-20% on royalties from the merchandise sales I have no doubt. My only issue with Nike is their lack of vision because they should have started making the shoes last year while she was in college so they could be ready this year to start selling or next year at the latest. Because they knew they were going to do whatever it took to resign her. The yearly value of a shoe deal is irrelevant because it’s only a small part of the deal. The royalty percentage from sales is the most important part of the deal especially for someone like CC. CC & her agent should have wanted & got a bigger piece from sales instead of yearly value because she’s the biggest sports revenue generator on the planet. You can’t have both it’s either or so when you hear other contracts like Zion 75 million deal you can bet his royalties from sales are very low. You either take a higher yearly salary or you take a higher royalty from sales. For CC that’s a no brainer because she’s going to make billions like MJ from shoe sales forget the yearly salary value just like he did. The math: Jordan currently sales 60 million shoes are year. In 1984 he sold 4 million in the first year So how many shoes do you think CC is going to sell today? It’s safe to say as many as they can make which why it’s taking time so relax people Nike is not stupid 😂 They know they are going to have to meet a huge demand. They have to have enough product to sell when they hit the market because it would be an unforgivable sin not too. Let’s say they sell 10 million in the first year which is a conservative number at $120 each that’s 1.2 billion in sales revenue. If CC is getting 10% on royalties that’s 120 million a year she’s earning so does that 28 million really matter🤷♂️ 😂 The devil is in the details the reported contract value is only a small part of the story that they report but the real details in a contract are not discussed in the public. CC is going to be a very rich woman very soon is all anyone needs to know. She did not get taken advantage of & she will get paid her value. Her fans & most fans just don’t understand how signature shoe deals work.
But if the W hated on her just for even HAVING a Nike deal they would kill for. How much more would they hate if she had the deal she really deserves. 🤔
I know her parents want to do with the hands off type thing, but there’s times when I think she needs some guidance and advice from trusted friends or parents?
A woman. Figures. That explains why & how Caitlin got utterly fleeced on her Nike deal. THIS is WHY we needed a TRUMP...and NOT a weak, spineless Kamala. Basic principles.
Seriously, you are supporting a woman basketballer. If you do research Catlin has a team of three agents and she is part of three agents and I believe Alan is the head of the team.
Everyone is looking at this agent and saying what a poor job she's doing. Is it possible that they're forgetting that she works for Caitlin, and may be doing exactly what Caitlin wants her to do? Obviously, Angel's agent is doing a fine job getting good deals for her. Because that's what Angel wants from her. Caitlin's a adult and capable of making up her own mind and doing what's best for her, from her own needs and desires. If she's unhappy with her agent's work, she'll get another one, she's no dummy.
@markyg236 on the one hand (stealing from you) I agree about the possibility of her going broke. But on the other hand, this is her very first year as a pro, and these are some of the first deals she's made. Barring a career ending injury (and even that wouldn't detract from her selling power, even if she could never handle a basketball again) she can be making deals for YEARS. And all of them negotiated from a position of power (points at Wilson basketball sales, Panini cards sales etc) my bet is that she retires as, at the very least a multi millionaire. Nor does she strike me as extravagant spender. (Investments, real estate, stocks and bonds portfolios) Maybe not a female Jeff Bezos, but she'll be able to see it from there.
The agent should have put pressure on Nike saying if they don't have a shoe ready before the start of last season, then we will go somewhere else, Caitlin has always worn Nike shoes. They even sponsored Caitlin in the NCAA, so they had four years to design a new shoe, when LeBron got his 90 million dollars contract, he was wearing them in his first NBA game, and the same goes for all the NBA players and there shoes, it's ridiculous there excuses, Wilson had so many basketball designs within weeks and sold them all and had to produce more, they even sold them cheaper after Caitlin asked them to, that's how you treat the hottest star in the WNBA, Wilson have made millions, Nike have sold old shoes, they could have had 8 or 9 different shoes made for Caitlin and sold them out, but the idiots didn't want to upset A'ja Wilson and Co, her agent should have demanded the signature shoe and at least 50 million over 4 years, 28 million over 8 years is one months sales for Nike, but seeing they got Caitlin for next to nothing and getting free advertising wearing old shoes, she even wore Nike playing golf, her agent should have asked for a bonus of a half a million just for wearing the outfits or at least a nice little sponsorship for Caitlin's charity's.
if she was any good at her job, CC would have A TITLE already that the WNBA, it's players, & game commentators would have to acknowledge when CC was on the Court...something like "Countess Caitlin or Baroness of Besketball, or Dutchess of The Dunk, Lady layup, etc etc
Well unfortunately CC's agent seems meet the ultra low standard that we all know is the WNBA's level of doing business: you don't need know anything, do whatever you like, amatuer mentallity that rules and thrives there...
In 2003 there weren't a lot of Nike athletes getting their own shoe. Maybe now with soo many Nike athletes with shoes to get, CC's is has to wait..... but she should have been priority anyway.
Explains why the agent got CC to sign that bargain basement deal with Nike. Also most likely CC signed a bad contract with her agent. CC’s parents, family badly needed a lawyer then and NOW to represent CC! Scary that this agent is still “advising” CC!
In her current contract, is CC even going to get a percentage of shoe sales? If not, this agent sucks. Looking back at what Carrington has done, there is the potential for career ending injury. Every dime has to be capitalized upon. If i was "the cheese" at Nike, I would be putting together a CC golf shoe as well.
Good afternoon ben, her agent worked as a museum curator before becoming a sports agent. Caitlin needs to fire her and sign with scott boras. He always gets his players paid premium money!
I like what Scott Agnes said: She doesn’t just move the needle, she is the needle
I knew the Agent needed to be fired before I saw the interview. The interview just confirmed it. I'm getting Christy Sides, Cathy Englebert energy.
Now wait, Caitlin had a NIL deal with NIKE in college why in the hell didn't they have one ready to go right after the Draft. Something is rotten here!!!!!!
Because of her skin color
She is not woke, Les, not a trash person. 🎉❤
EXACTLY! Nike was working on LeBron's shoe so they would have a concept ready in time to make a pitch to him..WHILE HE WAS STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL. And the defenders of those clowns say that they couldn't have her shoe ready for her for her debut??
@stephengrinkley9889 more pathetic they are starting on Aja shoe pushing back CC'S till 2026 🤑👹
She may not have had the time to work with Nike on her shoe. Post the NCAA finals she was travelling for her awards, then snl, the draft, moving to Indianapolis, team practice team et al.
Nike signed Clark at such a cheap rate that they can afford to put her on the back burner for a few years. If they had committed $20+million a yr to Clark's contract they would have released a shoe already to recover that money
Nailed it, Ben, and it's so frustrating watching the WNBA and Nike and how they deal with CC. They obviously aren't concerned about the money.
Apparently, her agent isn't concerned about money either.
@@charlesbeck5511Or, quite possibly, CAITLIN isn't worried about the money. Ultimately the agent works for Caitlin, and is under her direction. Caitlin is no dummy, and will hire a new agent IF she's dissatisfied with the one she has.
She needs an agent not a nanny
Nike agreement is past due to renegotiate. CC is a $200,000,000 dollar plus athlete if there ever was. Pay the million dollar(or whatever) penalty to break the deal, and get the new deals going!
'or whatever' = you don't have the foggiest idea!
This delusional fools just say anything.... Caitlin in nowhere near a 200 million dollar athlete....You acting like she is Serena Williams or something... Women's basketball is not a draw like that... Only women's tennis..
@@colbyaocexactly. They don’t have a “buyout “ clause. Huge corporations are not dummies when it comes to those contracts.
Shes locked in for cheap.
Exactly.
She lost me at the fans choose 🤦 no thats actually ur job lady 😂
Caitlin needs new representation
Dump this agent!
She’s doing a horrible job as an agent.
I just saw Aja Wilsons shoe marked down 65%.
It’s beginning to look like Nike signed her to keep her away from their competitors. Wilson’s line of basketballs pretty much told the whole story about CC’s draw, now the golf world what’s the hold up?!
I've been thinking this too
Everything I associate with the WNBA is pure incompetence.
no, it's pure evil
@@antoninofratta7979aR rer
Let's stop and think... why is she saying this now? Is she about to get fired? I surely hope so ... Fire this jackass‼️
She should get fired!! !
This agent comes off as a Midwestern housewife rather than a tough as nails negotiator. Caitlin is very smart I’m surprised that she hired this person.
Well, where is CC from dude?
@ where is cc from dude? What the hell does that mean?
I watched half the interview and was left in a mental noontime collapse. No fire as I see from other agents. Very little talk about Caitlin and her future.
Caitlin Clark is the number one box office draw in the world and her agent seems not to get it. I don’t know what she’s like in the negotiation room but I didn’t come away with the hope that she is in good hands 🤔🤔🤔🤔
The slow walk from Nike is a monumental failure. Now is the start of high school basketball across the country. An untold number would have been pre-ordered for just this very moment by HS and MS girls
Market share participation?
That woman is a flake. Smh
oh no, she is poison
It's the power of the Queen Bee of the W-ENVY-A being felt! A'ja is pushing CC back. But things will change soon!
I watched the interview, too. It was very disappointing. The lady was underwhelming. Her discussions about evaluating the market, letting the fans choose, etc., for your worth are not how this works. You set the bar, you set the prices. There is no other athlete like her to use as a comparison- Im am very concerned.
Wow get rid of her!! !!!! GET A NEW AGENT!!!!!!!! !
Ok. Well we all know Caitlin and her family are not brainless SO how did they allow this nut job agent to continue handling Caitlin’s deals! And what? The Clark family and Caitlin herself don’t have the courage or backbone to tell this idiot agent to hit the bricks?? Cmon there’s gotta be more to this!
Like maybe they aren't unhappy with the job she's doing? Ultimately this agent is working under Caitlin's direction and doing what Caitlin wants. What do you think, that Caitlin works for the agent? Caitlin is the boss of her, not the other way around, and she can be fired fairly easily.
@ Exactly! PLUS don’t these agents work on a contingent fee basis meaning the bigger the deal the bigger their share?? So it benefits the agent to close high and close ASAP!! So either this agent is terribly inexperienced or terribly inept! But as I said the entire family is educated so something like this situation would not be so complicated!
@mrbert29 it's easy for all these armchair analysts to sit there and shout out their opinions on what Caitlin should get. Caitlin's a big girl, and no dummy either, obviously she's not that dissatisfied with what this agent is doing. These people need to look in the mirror, and if Caitlin's face is not looking back at them, then they should sit down, and shut up.
How can you have a client like Caitlin and strike the “deal” that was made with Nike… I HOPE there’s some sort of renegotiation clause somewhere in there because Nike did legal robbery
Reese's puffs... When you pour them from the box, 3/4 of the puffs miss the bowl
OH SNAP!...i thought this was a serious comment until i got to the end:) nice br0.
😂😂
That is good😂😂😂
Catlins agent reminds me of the stuttering Lawer in my Cousin Vinny.😂😂
This lady doesn’t sound confident, she has a goldmine on her Hans and doesn’t know what to do with it
CC Should be ringing the register right now. 💰💸🤑
She must be a friend of Caitlin's mother. Sorry mom, she has to go!
what the hell do you know? 'Sorry, mom...', big talk from one blatently uninformed... Caitlin has a very strong and bright support team.........Check them out next time you step up to the tables in Monte Carlo,
I was thinking the same!! she looks like she is on some neighborhood committee
@@colbyaoc This is entertainment dipshit. Get a life!
@@colbyaoc "Caitlin has a very strong and bright support team" Source? I'd like to educate myself.
I thought for 6 months she had a terrible agent , she needs to call Tom Cruz lol
Show me the money 💰 😂
SHOW ME THE “F’ing” MONEY NOW !
The whole thing is fishy. Excel Sports Management is one of the best. They have Tiger Woods, Jeter and others big names under management. We still don't know if CC gets a % of the sales or just a base contract. We do not know what time table was in the contract for a new shoe. CC's mother is a Marketing Specialist that runs CC business now. I put some of it on CC and her parents. Both are top management in their companies. I do not see CC firing ESM. I believe she fully knew what she signed and what the future looked like. As we all know, CC would not sign the WNBA PA contract until her lawyer looked at it. CC is not this naive woman. If she felt screwed, she and her lawyers will seek to get out of the deal.
Which is exactly what I've been thinking. This agent isn't the boss of her, she's working for Caitlin. Not one of us on the outside knows what Caitlin wants. And Caitlin doesn't live in a vacuum, she's aware of what other people are saying, and what deals others are getting, if she were truly dissatisfied that agent would be history.
We wanna give CC the world. The funny thing is seeing CC not get everything she is due makes us love her even more 😂 She’s a champion AND an underdog at the same time
Except for she's not a champion 😂😂
@@AntwoineBakerYet. Check back in five years and if she's still not a champion we'll revisit that statement.
@mikehall4517 agreed
@@AntwoineBaker You ever look at the lists of HOF players that never won in College? What about all the payers that DID win one and got cut in training camp?
Why in the hell didn’t they ask her about Nike and no support from them or from her helping!
You're fired!
There is a STOPPAGE or some sort of BLACKLISTING going on here, by what powers that be , is to be determined. It is obvious. It makes no common sense for it to be otherwise. For an Athlete, like Caitlin Clark , that has so much popularity,not to be in more Ads and sponsoring more products makes zero sense.
I Was NOT Impressed!
She Was Busy Spewing “I do this, I do this…”
But I Didn’t Hear Her Say This Is What I Am Gonna Do For Her… SHE SOUNDED WEAK!
***BORING***
HELLO, KNOCK, KNOCK … Is Anybody HOME??? 😳🤯🤔
She Did NOT SOUND LIKE SHE HAD A GAME PLAN!
Wimpy, Wimpy, Wimpy!
😤🫨🙄
GET THIS GIRL “ A REAL AGENT” 💯‼️💪🏽🫵🏼👇🏼NOW‼️
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼#22🐐🔥🔥🔥
There Is A Captian Crunch Cereal! Wheaties! A”Clark” Bar! Golf shoes, golf equipment… clothing line … Tshirts…a book… ??? Come On!🤔🥸😎
Of course she didn't offer a game plan, she isn't really Clark's agent, just someone on screen to rile up the haters and their lap dogs.....Clark's real agent is holing up in Moscow waiting for the inauguration...
@@Retrohairstylist GOOD POINTS !
She sounded like a lot of word salad.
@ exactly💯🙌🏼
Bro this woman says she is DEI by admitting having to have to be given the best of the best to guide the agent
Talk to Aj'a Wison. She is the sole reason for this. She won't allow Caitlin's shoe out the same time. Just do your research. Most of the Wnba players have been dying for acceptance for years and now Caitlin Clark comes out of college dominating the league and yall thought they were gonna be nice about it? She has a rare thing: a high basketball I.Q.. matched with a Black Mamba mentality and they hate her because of it. I think we just have to get used to it
She's incompetent, plain and simple. Listen to her again and then listen to Stephanie White or Tulsi Gabbard. What a huge difference.
Nike 👎 they dropped the shoe on this
It's a perfect pool cushions' joke, or bully, where all the cushions are faked by the same organization. I hope CC is walking safely in other clean paths, otherwise these criminals could be able to drive her crazy.
New agent
CC has an agent right at home. Her dad! Let him be your agent, Caitlin!
OMG where is this agent energy?.. she sounds like whatever they are offered she makes CC take it . Noooo she needs to go
Wilson will be smart to do clubs, golf clothing, credit card, etc.
She must be related to Christoe Sides...she doesnt even realize what CC brings to the table..NEXT
“This agent belongs with Christie Sides!” 🤔, hypothesis: agency getting paid to ruin CC’s endorsement deals or is it record-breaking incompetent?🤔
Caitlin Clark's agent needs to have PASSION. Not sitting there with a monotone voice.
The fans can't choose if there are no shoes!
Sounds 'Johnny Cochran -ish' 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@calvinhilton7069 Exactly
You are right, here, Ben. "Soft" is the vibe. "Passive" and "receptive" are also the feelings. It represents lost or unnecessarily delayed opportunities.
Wilson should start making shoes!🤪🍺
Yah that nice lady is way out of her league. But let’s call a Spade a spade, This lady is on brand for CC. CC brand is humble midwestern, folksy, real, likeable. She’s not an arrogant money grubbing a-hole. She won’t hire someone like that either.
Spit and fury! Piss and baloney! Venom and pinworms! Hurrah for ignorance! Hurrah for bitterness! You and your generosity will inherit the earth. Bible says so.
Cc and Company are building a brand, their brand, based on their wants, values and terms. You might not like it, but that is how it is. She might have the biggest back end deal in history and we would never know.
Something the author of his article doesn't either know or understand
So many of these armchair analysts are sitting there shouting out their opinions on what's right for Caitlin. Look in the mirror, if you don't see Caitlin's face looking back at you, sit down and shut up.
This lady is a fool she doesn't know what she is doing, you are very correct Ben Daniel i want to ask what is the father of Caitlin doing how can they have the biggest start in the world and allow Nike to run her through with that nonsense of a contract to begin 28, million for 8 years what a joke and no shoe until now. That deal should have been 5 years to say the list.
Now I've heard it all. You're telling Caitlin Clark who her agent should be! 😅😅😅
Feels like a friend, not a dog.
Lighting in a bottle
I hope the world doesn't mess this one up
Humanity needs Caitlin & Indiana Fever as an escape from the mundane and social inertia
Sports does that
Escapism at its finest
Meanwhile Dub Nation!
CCs agent seems unprepared to get her the best possible future deal. WTAF she comes across as a lightweight.
She had NIKE on all day yesterday on the Pro-Am LPGA....?
Nike is working on a massive project for CC im betting ..
I have no idea what that woman just said... she shouldn't be the agent of anybody
Clark ultimately has the last say in any negotiation and she has no one to blame but herself if she gets a bad deal.
That is a DOUBLE AGENT imo
I'm in agreement. Clark needs new representation because she should be prioritized in bigger money deals that match her global popularity.
It’s insane, she’s a marketing major!! She is worth easily 100 million just for her golf/clothes lines. Then shoe, endorsement, appearances. What is her agent doing???
If she had any say so she would say so. Reese signed to Reebok because they gave her authority over her brand.
The lack of advertising is apparent!
I would bet CC and family have a master plan.
$4 million a year is not enough from Nike. It was in 2023 but things have changed. I wish it was a 3 year contract and not 8. She should walk away if they don’t get her shoe done soon. The problem is she likes Nike and wants to work with them.
I think the Nike contract is salvageable if she can make $5 per shoe sold. That would far surpass her base contract with Nike. I don’t think they have any idea how hot these shoes are going to be for both men and women. Like nothing they have seen before in women’s sports.
Bens face when listening to this sorry agent
This agent belongs with Christie Sides!
If I were Caitlin, I would've fired that woman when she came to my face with a 8-year $28M contract from Nike as if she was still back at Iowa or something. Check this out, Nike was working on LeBron's shoe so they would have a concept ready in time to make a pitch to him..WHILE HE WAS STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL. Both LeBron in 2003, and Jordan way back in 1984 both had their signature shoes ready for them in time for their debut games. And the defenders of those clowns say that they couldn't have her shoe ready until close to 2026?? Caitlin Clark needs to get some dawgs representing her business interests now, or else she is going to be in for some major disappointment later.
Nike should release her on a comercial with Lebron , let’s the haters hate
I can’t wait for the real details of that Nike deal are known 😂 CC is going make 150-200 million a year easily when her shoes come out & I know for a fact there’s an out clause that’s not even an issue the only question is when it triggers I say after year 5. If that 28 million is accurate she’s getting 10-20% on royalties from the merchandise sales I have no doubt.
My only issue with Nike is their lack of vision because they should have started making the shoes last year while she was in college so they could be ready this year to start selling or next year at the latest. Because they knew they were going to do whatever it took to resign her.
The yearly value of a shoe deal is irrelevant because it’s only a small part of the deal. The royalty percentage from sales is the most important part of the deal especially for someone like CC. CC & her agent should have wanted & got a bigger piece from sales instead of yearly value because she’s the biggest sports revenue generator on the planet.
You can’t have both it’s either or so when you hear other contracts like Zion 75 million deal you can bet his royalties from sales are very low. You either take a higher yearly salary or you take a higher royalty from sales. For CC that’s a no brainer because she’s going to make billions like MJ from shoe sales forget the yearly salary value just like he did.
The math:
Jordan currently sales 60 million shoes are year. In 1984 he sold 4 million in the first year
So how many shoes do you think CC is going to sell today? It’s safe to say as many as they can make which why it’s taking time so relax people Nike is not stupid 😂 They know they are going to have to meet a huge demand. They have to have enough product to sell when they hit the market because it would be an unforgivable sin not too.
Let’s say they sell 10 million in the first year which is a conservative number at $120 each that’s 1.2 billion in sales revenue. If CC is getting 10% on royalties that’s 120 million a year she’s earning so does that 28 million really matter🤷♂️ 😂
The devil is in the details the reported contract value is only a small part of the story that they report but the real details in a contract are not discussed in the public.
CC is going to be a very rich woman very soon is all anyone needs to know. She did not get taken advantage of & she will get paid her value. Her fans & most fans just don’t understand how signature shoe deals work.
But so far Nike has released zero shoes, which means 20% of 0 sales = 0 royalties.
But if the W hated on her just for even HAVING a Nike deal they would kill for. How much more would they hate if she had the deal she really deserves. 🤔
Thing is that would give her serious F U walkaway $. Juuuust might do something about the refs.
What a below average unct.
Ben, Angel gear is not competing with anyone. But Aja is competing with CC because of the timing of it all.
I just asked earlier who is her agent who got her the garbage ass Nike deal
Nike wants to pander to Aja Aha Asia Wilson & get her shoes out first. Aja Aha Asia is not marketable. 🙄
Why is Nike willing to lose millions not promoting Caitlin Clart?
I know her parents want to do with the hands off type thing, but there’s times when I think she needs some guidance and advice from trusted friends or parents?
A woman. Figures. That explains why & how Caitlin got utterly fleeced on her Nike deal. THIS is WHY we needed a TRUMP...and NOT a weak, spineless Kamala. Basic principles.
Seriously, you are supporting a woman basketballer. If you do research Catlin has a team of three agents and she is part of three agents and I believe Alan is the head of the team.
@@bonnyolweny5817 - That SIGN language does not work on me. I call a spade a spade across the board--and vaginas are NOT exempt.
Why u bringing politics in this? Gtfah
@@JayAli-u3x - OH--are you still waiting for Beyonce to sing? Not MY fault YOU can't tell black from Indian.
@@petep5207 what the fuck is wrong with you and your race baiting misogynistic comments
CC loss money with this nanny!!!! CC is top 4 marketing!!! This girl must be fired!!!
Everyone is looking at this agent and saying what a poor job she's doing. Is it possible that they're forgetting that she works for Caitlin, and may be doing exactly what Caitlin wants her to do? Obviously, Angel's agent is doing a fine job getting good deals for her. Because that's what Angel wants from her. Caitlin's a adult and capable of making up her own mind and doing what's best for her, from her own needs and desires. If she's unhappy with her agent's work, she'll get another one, she's no dummy.
On the one hand I agree that CC is competent, but on the other there are far too many former players who had representation and still ended up broke.
@markyg236 on the one hand (stealing from you) I agree about the possibility of her going broke. But on the other hand, this is her very first year as a pro, and these are some of the first deals she's made. Barring a career ending injury (and even that wouldn't detract from her selling power, even if she could never handle a basketball again) she can be making deals for YEARS. And all of them negotiated from a position of power (points at Wilson basketball sales, Panini cards sales etc) my bet is that she retires as, at the very least a multi millionaire. Nor does she strike me as extravagant spender. (Investments, real estate, stocks and bonds portfolios) Maybe not a female Jeff Bezos, but she'll be able to see it from there.
She should sue them for breaking contract.
CC’s cereal will still outsell Aliens…Lol
The agent should have put pressure on Nike saying if they don't have a shoe ready before the start of last season, then we will go somewhere else, Caitlin has always worn Nike shoes. They even sponsored Caitlin in the NCAA, so they had four years to design a new shoe, when LeBron got his 90 million dollars contract, he was wearing them in his first NBA game, and the same goes for all the NBA players and there shoes, it's ridiculous there excuses, Wilson had so many basketball designs within weeks and sold them all and had to produce more, they even sold them cheaper after Caitlin asked them to, that's how you treat the hottest star in the WNBA, Wilson have made millions, Nike have sold old shoes, they could have had 8 or 9 different shoes made for Caitlin and sold them out, but the idiots didn't want to upset A'ja Wilson and Co, her agent should have demanded the signature shoe and at least 50 million over 4 years, 28 million over 8 years is one months sales for Nike, but seeing they got Caitlin for next to nothing and getting free advertising wearing old shoes, she even wore Nike playing golf, her agent should have asked for a bonus of a half a million just for wearing the outfits or at least a nice little sponsorship for Caitlin's charity's.
Big up my good sir 👊🏻
if she was any good at her job, CC would have A TITLE already that the WNBA, it's players, & game commentators would have to acknowledge when CC was on the Court...something like "Countess Caitlin or Baroness of Besketball, or Dutchess of The Dunk, Lady layup, etc etc
😂😂😂😂😂
Ben, why don't you write to Caitlyn Clark and say what you're saying to us. You have more sway than any of us.
She need call Scott Boras!
Well unfortunately CC's agent seems meet the ultra low standard that we all know is the WNBA's level of doing business: you don't need know anything, do whatever you like, amatuer mentallity that rules and thrives there...
Should have been let go after the low ball Nike deal.
Caitlin needs a agent like Rich Paul from Kutch Sports
In 2003 there weren't a lot of Nike athletes getting their own shoe. Maybe now with soo many Nike athletes with shoes to get, CC's is has to wait..... but she should have been priority anyway.
Explains why the agent got CC to sign that bargain basement deal with Nike. Also most likely CC signed a bad contract with her agent. CC’s parents, family badly needed a lawyer then and NOW to represent CC! Scary that this agent is still “advising” CC!
In her current contract, is CC even going to get a percentage of shoe sales? If not, this agent sucks.
Looking back at what Carrington has done, there is the potential for career ending injury. Every dime has to be capitalized upon.
If i was "the cheese" at Nike, I would be putting together a CC golf shoe as well.
CC was a business major, she’d have better luck negotiating for herself.
Alan better wake up. He’s a loser. Caitlin should have more than this jerk can provide.
Rich Paul and cc would be amazing!
Please stop comparing CC to Reese again and again and again and again... Gosh!
CC turned down a $100,000,000 deal to play in Europe, was she following her agent’s advice?🤦♂️🤷♂️
I never saw a credible source on European deals offered to Caitlin. I have my doubts there was any offer of this magnitude made to her.
Good afternoon ben, her agent worked as a museum curator before becoming a sports agent. Caitlin needs to fire her and sign with scott boras. He always gets his players paid premium money!