WNBA legend Cheryl Miller says league deserves around $8 billion instead of recent $2.2B media rights package

Cheryl Miller seemingly thinks that the WNBA should have received more than $2.2 billion in its recent media rights deals, which are slated to span 11 years.

Miller never played in the WNBA, considering the league’s first season was in 1997, far after her college basketball career came to an end. But she put together quite a memorable stint competing at the collegiate level at the University of Southern California.

Her college basketball career spanned from 1982 through 1986, and during that time, Miller amassed more than 3,000 points. She also received three Naismith Player of the Year awards and was named an All-American in every one of her four years with the Trojans.

On top of Miller’s time with the Trojans, she also showed out on one of the basketball world’s grandest stages. She represented the United States in the 1984 Olympics and averaged a team-high 16.5 points per game while shooting an impressive 66.1 percent from the field.

Miller was just one of two players on the team along with Lynette Woodard to average double digits in scoring for the team.

With Miller leading the way for Team USA from a scoring standpoint, the squad captured a gold medal and came out on top in every one of its six contests.

The WNBA has seemingly risen in popularity compared to years past, thanks to a pair of rookies in Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. The former is averaging 17.1 points per game on 40.5 percent shooting from the field and 32.7 percent from 3-point range in her inaugural season in the league, while the latter is averaging a double-double of 13.5 points and 11.9 rebounds per game across 24 appearances with the Chicago Sky.

The league’s All-Star Game took place back on Saturday of last week, and both Clark and Reese had notable performances for Team WNBA. Clark dished out a team-high 10 assists, and Reese finished with a double-double of 12 points and 11 rebounds in just over 17 minutes of action.