Sonny Vaccaro Says Caitlin Clark Deserved Michael Jordan-Esque Nike Deal

Sonny Vaccaro says he believes Caitlin Clark may have gotten a significantly better deal from Nike — telling TMZ Sports activities he is certain the previous Iowa celebrity may’ve inked a pact just like the one Michael Jordan received again within the day.

The shoe trade legend, in fact, is aware of all in regards to the deal MJ obtained — he was the one who helped negotiate it. And, when he heard Clark solely obtained $28 million over eight years to be with Phil Knight‘s co., he was shocked it wasn’t extra.

Vaccaro tells us she may’ve landed a contract that not solely gave her extra annual cash — but in addition allowed her to take a lower of each Clark-branded merchandise bought … identical to Jordan received along with his preliminary Swoosh settlement in 1984.

“She should have gotten a piece of everything,” the 84-year-old mentioned, “just like Michael Jordan.”

Vaccaro believes there have been loads of individuals responsible — everybody from Clark’s reps … to different shoe corporations who dropped out of the race and allowed Nike to come back in with what seemed to be on its face a company-friendly contract.

“I’m saying to you,” he mentioned, “they messed up. They should have held on to the last drop.”

Clark, although, does not appear too disillusioned … $28 mil, in spite of everything, is a ton of coin — particularly contemplating she’s solely set to make $76,000 from her WNBA contract this season.