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It\u2019s no secret that\u00a0Caitlin Clark<\/a>\u00a0has had a significant impact on the\u00a0WNBA<\/a>, having made it relevant to millions more fans after becoming the No. 1 overall pick earlier this year.<\/p>\n But finance expert Dr. Ryan Brewer has described the financial effects of having her in the league as\u00a0\u201cstaggering.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Brewer, a respected valuation guru, has done some research on Clark and her profitability where the WNBA is concerned and was shocked to find that he may have gone about the whole thing wrongly.<\/p>\n The money expert, an associate professor of finance at Indiana University Columbus, has been summoned to court to give testimony in cases involving sports property and has done extensive work across youth, college, and professional sports. But he thought he made an error when he got down to crunching the numbers for Caitlin and had to repeat his calculations several times before realizing how much of a money magnet the\u00a0Indiana Fever<\/a>\u00a0guard actually is.<\/p>\n \u201cThe numbers are so staggering,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>he said.\u00a0\u201cThey don\u2019t even seem real.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The numbers are so staggering they don’t seem real. But this? Caitlin Clark alone had a $36M economic impact on Indy. \u2014 Dana HunsingerBenbow (@DanaBenbow) December 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
\n\u201cNow let’s take a breath for a minute and think about this,” said Dr. Ryan Brewer. “That’s for one year. We’re talking about one player.” https:\/\/t.co\/KFl5D6LoTD<\/a><\/p>\n