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WNBA Star Cappie Pondexter
Reveals Tiny Salary
… Demands Change
9/2/2018 12:30 AM PDT
EXCLUSIVE
Cappie Pondexter tells TMZ Sports she BARELY makes six figures a year as one of the WNBA’s biggest superstars … and she’s pissed off about it, saying the league “should pay me what I deserve!”
It’s been a heated topic in the hoops world recently — with players like Skylar Diggins-Smith voicing their dismay about the pay difference between NBA players and their WNBA counterparts.
Pondexter couldn’t have agreed more with Skylar when we got her out in L.A. promoting her CBD skin care line … telling us the league ONLY shells out $113,000 a year for her to play.
“It’s just getting out of line now,” the Indiana Fever star says.
“I’ve been in the league for 13 years, making the vet minimum, which for me is $113,000 for the last five years, which is nothing compared to what the minimum is and the maximum is for the NBA.”
“I’m not saying that we have to get what they have, but I think we should see some progress at this point.”
Pondexter says she’s so fed up with it all … she’s actually willing to be a part of a league-wide work stoppage — if other stars like Diana Taurasi and Elena Delle Donne are down for it.