EXIST FOR FEMALE ATHLETES. OPHELIA, BEN, CAITLIN CLARK IS EXPECTED TO BE THE TOP PICK IN NEXT MONTH’S WNBA DRAFT. LAST YEAR, THE NUMBER ONE PICK MADE $74,000 AS A ROOKIE IN THE WOMEN’S LEAGUE, THE NUMBER ONE PICK IN THE NBA DRAFT MADE OVER $10 MILLION. AS A ROOKIE. I SPOKE TO ATTORNEYS AND PROFESSORS WHO SAY THAT DIFFERENCE IS INFURIATING, CAITLIN CLARK, SALARY AS THE NUMBER ONE PICK IN THE WNBA DRAFT WOULD BE OVER $76,000 THIS YEAR, WHICH IS LESS THAN 1% OF WHAT HER MALE COUNTERPART WILL MAKE. THAT’S DISGUSTING. IT’S NOT FAIR. I’M CURIOUS ABOUT IT. IT’S NOT JUST FEMALE ATHLETES. IT’S ALSO THEIR COACHES. IOWA’S LISA BLUDER IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST PAID COACHES IN THE WOMEN’S GAME, BUT THE $1.4 MILLION SHE’LL BE PAID THIS YEAR IS A LITTLE MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE 3.3 MILLION MEN’S COACH FRAN MCCAFFERY IS MAKING CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY ROXANNE CONLIN SAYS HISTORICALLY, THE EXCUSE FOR THE DIFFERENCE IN PAY HAS BEEN WOMEN’S SPORTS DO NOT MAKE AS MUCH MONEY FOR THE UNIVERSITY AS MEN’S SPORTS, SHE SAYS. THAT MAY NOT BE THE CASE WHEN CLARK IS ON THE COURT. ATTENDANCE RECORDS SHOW THE IOWA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM SOLD OUT EVERY HOME GAME THIS SEASON, AVERAGING CLOSE TO 15,000 FANS PER GAME. MEANWHILE, THE MEN’S TEAM WAS AVERAGING CLOSE TO 10,000 FANS PER HOME GAME. LET’S FIND TRUE EQUALITY IN THE SPORTS WORLD FOR MEN AND WOMEN, AND NO BETTER EXAMPLE OF A WOMAN WHO DESERVES EQUALITY OR BETTER IS CAITLIN CLARK. EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT IOWA BECAUSE OF CAITLIN CLARK. BONNIE MORRIS IS A LECTURER IN WOMEN’S HISTORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY. SHE BELIEVES PRESSURE FROM THE MEDIA WILL HELP CONTINUE TO CLOSE THE GAP BETWEEN WOMEN’S AND MEN’S SALARIES IN SPORTS. WOMEN HAVE BEEN VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT REQUESTING COMPLIANCE WITH TITLE NINE LAW AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, AND I THINK THAT CONVERSATION JUST HAS TO BE, YOU KNOW, EVERY OTHER NIGHT, IF NOT EVERY NIGHT. AND THE EVENING NEWS AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY I TALKED TO TODAY SAYS SHE HOPES THINGS WILL CHANGE FOR THE BETTER WITH IOWA’S NEW FEMALE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, BETH GOETZ. SHE SAYS MORE WOMEN IN POSITIONS OF POWER WILL MAKE ALL THE DIFF