The WNBA has opened an investigation into the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s plan to offer each Aces player a $100,000 sponsorship deal for this season and 2025, per ESPN. Said amount would be more than six players’ current salary.
“The Aces have been on a historic run, two-time world champions,” LVCVA CEO Steve Hill said in a video posted to social media on Friday following the team’s practice. “We’re here to do something historic with them, too.”
“Today we want to do something new, something I don’t think anybody has done before,” Hill told the players in the locker room. “We want to recognize you individually. We want to put some money in your pockets. We’ve got an offer for you. We think it’s a great offer for us, we hope you think it’s a great offer for you.
“We would like to offer each of you, individually, a sponsorship for this year in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars. The offer’s really simple. We want you to just play, we want you to keep repping Las Vegas, and if you do a three-peat, there’ll be icing on the cake.”
The agreement would not violate the salary cap because the LVCVA negotiated directly with each players’ representatives and the organization was…
