Sonny Vaccaro says he believes Caitlin Clark could have gotten a much better deal from Nike — telling TMZ Sports he’s sure the former Iowa superstar could’ve inked a pact similar to the one Michael Jordan got back in the day.
The shoe industry legend, of course, knows all about the deal MJ received — he was the one who helped negotiate it. And, when he heard Clark only received $28 million over eight years to be with Phil Knight‘s co., he was surprised it wasn’t more.
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Vaccaro tells us she could’ve landed a contract that not only gave her more annual money — but also allowed her to take a cut of every Clark-branded item sold … just like Jordan got with his initial Swoosh agreement in 1984.
“She should have gotten a piece of everything,” the 84-year-old said, “just like Michael Jordan.”
Vaccaro believes there were plenty of people to blame — everyone from Clark’s reps … to other shoe companies who dropped out of the race and allowed Nike to come in with what appeared to be on its face a company-friendly contract.
“I’m saying to you,” he said, “they messed up. They should have held on to the last drop.”
Clark, though, doesn’t seem too disappointed … $28 mil, after all, is a ton of coin — especially considering she’s only set to make $76,000 from her WNBA contract this season.
And, hey, she gets her own signature Nike shoe … which we’re sure she’s thrilled about.
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