Women's basketball legend Nancy Lieberman credits Caitlin Clark for new WNBA CBA, higher salaries

Women's basketball legend Nancy Lieberman credited Caitlin Clark for the WNBA's new CBA, and revealed her passion for prostate cancer awareness.

WNBA legend Nancy Lieberman believes Caitlin Clark is to thank for the league's new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) that has allowed players to get much higher salaries.

"She’s a generational player. She came with a fan base of millions, and it’s helping the league,"Lieberman said.

"They don’t get the $2.2 billion collective bargaining agreement, honestly, without her being there."

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Women's basketball legend Nancy Lieberman said she would have punched Chennedy Clark in the face if she were Caitlin Clark. (Getty Images)

That recent surge in attention has helped change the financial future of the WNBA.

The WNBA and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association reached a tentative new collective bargaining agreement in March. The deal delivers major salary increases, a larger salary cap and more player benefits.

The new WNBA CBA is a transformative seven-year labor deal establishing the first-ever revenue-sharing model (averaging 20% of league and team revenue). It nearly quintuples the team salary cap and introduces sweeping upgrades to player benefits, family planning and facility standard

Lieberman said Clark’s arrival helped push the league into a new era.

"You can’t deny she brings the media," Lieberman said. "You’re talking about her. You probably weren’t talking about anybody four years ago."

Lieberman compared Clark’s effect on the WNBA to that of Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods on their respective sports.

"She’s done her job, just like Tiger did, just like Michael Jordan did," Lieberman said.

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