Emma Peasley

There's this player in the WNBA, her name is Alicia Clark, who has kind of a reputation.

Going back to high school, like I won a state championship.

She went on to win championships in college and in overseas leagues.

So just to be clear, we're talking to a three-time WNBA champion.

Yes.

Awesome.

But recently, she took part in a competition that had higher stakes than any game she's ever played.

Because instead of running drills, she was studying contracts and labor law.

She was doing all of this studying because for the first time in her life, she was going to be negotiating the contract for all the players in the WNBA.

What was not normal was how potentially historic this new contract could be.

The WNBA has seen astronomical growth since the players got their last contract six years ago.

And the players were saying, wait a minute, this is our moment.

We want our fair share.

And I'm Emma Peasley.

Alicia Clark and the other players had a once in a generation opportunity to change the future for all of women's basketball and maybe all of women's sports.

On the court, Alicia Clark is a forward for the Dallas Wings.

But over her time with the WNBA, she has been in pretty much every position.

Being cut from her team twice, being a bench player, getting the minimum WNBA salary.

Alicia is the oldest player in the league, 38.

And when she first started thinking about these contract negotiations two years ago, she knew what she did not want.