<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0KsEZD_0vjPdsnL00" style="display:none" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0KsEZD_0vjPdsnL00" width="1200" height="800" ><figure><iframe height="360" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/t6oNbcF7-Gqa7hx4c.html" width="100%"></iframe><figcaption>Meet Caitlin Clark's Boyfriend (1:19) </figcaption></figure> Caitlin Clark made headlines this spring when she inked an eight-year, $28 million contract with Nike, the largest endorsement deal in women's basketball history. Nike has promoted the WNBA Rookie of the Year extensively, but so far, Clark does not have her own signature shoe. According to veteran sports journalist Ethan Strauss, there's one major reason for the delay. In an article posted to <a href="https://www.houseofstrauss.com/p/nike-has-refused-the-caitlin-clark" rel="nofollow"> his personal site </a> on Tuesday, Strauss said those in the know have suggested that Nike does not want to give Clark her own shoe before they do the same for WNBA MVP A'ja Wilson. <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4cefKF_0vjPdsnL00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4cefKF_0vjPdsnL00" width="1199" height="800" ><figcaption>PHOENIX, ARIZONA - JULY 20: Caitlin Clark #22 of Team WNBA hugs A’ja Wilson #9 of Team USA after the 2024 WNBA All Star Game at Footprint Center on July 20, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images) <a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/2162845637" rel="nofollow"> Alex Slitz&amp;solGetty Images </a></figcaption></figure> "Based on conversations with people in the know, it indeed has something to do with WNBA MVP and Nike athlete A'ja Wilson," Strauss wrote. "But beyond Wilson, it’s about a culture at the company that’s more concerned with quelling noise rather than making it, as Nike once used to." "The explanation I hear from industry people for why Clark got sandbagged is, 'A'ja Wilson has to come first.' Why? Well, just because I guess," Strauss added. When Clark's Nike deal was announced, there were some who complained that Wilson, a two-time WNBA champion and now three-time league MVP, was more deserving of her own shoe. In May, Nike and Wilson revealed her first signature sneaker, the "A'One," will be released some time in 2025. Assuming that timeline holds, we'd imagine a shoe for Clark will be debuting at some point next year as well. <a href="https://thespun.com/as/wnba/the-aja-wilson-reason-caitlin-clark-doesnt-have-signature-shoe-nike" rel="nofollow"> Related: The A'ja Wilson Reason Why Caitlin Clark Doesn't Have a Signature Shoe With Nike </a></div></body>

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Report: Caitlin Clark Hasn't Gotten Nike Signature Shoe For One Reason

Caitlin Clark made headlines this spring when she inked an eight-year, $28 million contract with Nike, the largest endorsement deal in women's basketball history. Nike has promoted the WNBA Rookie of the Year extensively, but so far, Clark does not have her own signature shoe. According to veteran ...