‘pay Us What You Owe Us’: Wnba All-stars Make Statement With Warmup Shirts

All of nan players connected Team Clark and Team Collier warmed up for Saturday night’s WNBA All-Star Game successful shirts that publication “Pay america what you beryllium us.”

The shirts travel aft nan players and nan convention grounded to scope a caller corporate bargaining statement astatine an in-person gathering Thursday. The league’s players opted retired of their past CBA successful October, and are looking for a amended revenue-sharing model, accrued salaries, improved benefits and a softer net cap.

“I’m conscionable truthful inspired by nan magnitude of players that showed up, nan engagement that was there,” WNBPA president Nneka Ogwumike said. “That’s really what it’s each about. Because nan much that happens, nan much that we’re going to beryllium capable to get things done. I deliberation coming we’re going to beryllium capable to usage this speech to commencement rolling nan shot connected things.”

After nan grounded negotiations, galore players said location was a ample discrepancy betwixt what they wanted and what nan convention was offering. If a caller CBA is not reached by October immoderate players, including All-Stars Napheesa Collier and Angel Reese, person mentioned nan imaginable of a walkout.