When gratitude feels forced: the hidden friction behind Cathy Engelbert’s Caitlin Clark remark
Cathy Engelbert's recent assertion that Caitlin Clark should "be grateful she makes $16 million off the court" has triggered a flashpoint in the WNBA's ongoing power struggle. What might have been intended as praise, or cold economic reality, has instead become a storm of criticism from reporters, former players, and league watchers who argue the remark reveals an underlying dismissiveness toward the athletes.The controversy began during Napheesa Collier's exit interview, when she attributed the following quote to Engelbert:"Caitlin should be grateful she makes $16 million off the court, because without the platform that the WNBA gives her, she wouldn't make anything." From that moment, the remark took on a life of its own.On the Good Follow Podcast, Ros Gold-Onwude tore into it: "Pattern that I'm seeing, contempt, a pattern of contempt. The alleged comments of the commissioner about Caitlin Clark […]