# @_sportscourt on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C-LNbr0SFyE
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/22006227-sportscourt-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-08-02T17:00:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sports Court (@_sportscourt) — https://gondola.cc/_sportscourt

## Caption

Paige Bueckers signs NIL deal with Unrivaled, receives ownership equity.

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Connecticut star Paige Bueckers has signed a first-of-its-kind name, image and likeness deal with the new Unrivaled Basketball league. 

Per Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium, Bueckers’ deal makes her the first college athlete with ownership equity in a professional league. The Huskies point guard will also play in the Unrivaled league, as well as the WNBA, after her college career ends.

Unrivaled is a three-on-three women’s basketball league that will begin play in January 2025. It will feature 30 players on six teams in a three-on-three, compressed full-court style of play. 

WNBA stars and former UConn teammates Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier told ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne in July 2023 they were founding a new league that would give players a domestic alternative to play during the WNBA offseason.

In May, the league announced it received financial investments from various athletes and celebrities that includes former NBA MVP Steve Nash, former NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony, U.S. soccer legends Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe and actor Ashton Kutcher. 

The announcement also noted Unrivaled would offer the “highest average salary in women’s professional sports league history.”

Charania noted the league cap for all 30 players will be at least $7.5 million—an average of $250,000. WNBA supermax contracts for the 2024 season are $241,984, per Her Hoop Stats.

Stewart, Collier, Chelsea Gray, Arike Ogunbowale, Jewell Loyd, Kelsey Plum, Rhyne Howard, Kahleah Copper, Jackie Young and Angel Reese have already been confirmed to play in the league’s debut season.

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sports Court | @tariqsportscourt | https://gondola.cc/tariqsportscourt | Sports Agency |

## Tags

unrivaled, nameimagelikeness, paigebueckers, womenssports, nil, basketball, womensbasketball

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