The disproportionate salaries of men’s and women’s NBA players in no secret. However, in recent times the gap has begun to close. The 2023 NCAA women’s championship-winning team LSU Lady Tiger’s star player Angel Reese is paving the path there. The 21-year-old faced a lot of heat for a gesture made during the championship final’s game but has been the face of women’s basketball since.
Reese has also bagged a huge amount in her NIL deal and the cash flow does not stop there. Another major American company has recently signed the rising superstar.
An LSU Lady Tigers star player is bulking up for next season
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Angel Reese already created a storm in the world of WNBA when she bagged a $1.3 million NIL deal. The NIL deals help college athletes receive compensation for the use of their ‘name, image and likeness’. For a long time, NCAA did not provide financial compensation to their athletes, but NIL changed that.
Now Reese’s NIL valuation has reached $1.4 million after making her sports modeling debut.
The Louisiana player posed for Sports Illustrated magazine in a swimsuit. Alongside this, Reese also signed with the American company, WingStop. The recently-turned-21 star shared the good news on her Instagram story captioned, “Thank you @wingstop for fueling my birthday weekend brunch! #wingstop #sponsored 🥳💖🍗”
WingStop responded on the defending NCAA women’s champion’s post as well, “Wings & Rings 👑” Her loved ones and fans could not help but be proud of the young superstar.
Fans are in awe of Angel Reese on her birthday
Reese shared the partnership announcement as a birthday post on Instagram and her fans are eating it up!
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Fortunately, according to the squarespace, the breach did not expose names associated with accounts, physical or email addresses, financial data.
Here’s how fans are reacting to Reese’s birthday post:
“I’m just happy to see women getting serious bag out here.”
“NIL QUEEN 🤑”
“Keep shining Barbie 💜💛💜”
“Keep Grxnding 🔥🔥🔥💜💜”
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“extra reps @angelreese10”
“happy belated birthday angel reese am a big fan and i love watching you play i’ve been watching since high school i use half of your moves in aau you inspired me to play the sport i love .”
“So proud of you 🤍”
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