Wnba’s Latest Cba Proposal Would Reportedly Put Max Salary Over $1.1m With Revenue Sharing

The WNBA’s latest corporate bargaining connection would see gross sharing pinch a maximum net of much than $1.1m disposable to much than 1 subordinate per squad increasing each year, according to a personification acquainted pinch nan negotiations connected Tuesday night.

WNBA officials updated nan committee connected nan latest connection astatine meetings this week, nan personification told nan Associated Press connected information of anonymity because ongoing negotiations are private. The caller convention minimum would beryllium much than $220,000 pinch an mean of much than $460,000.

Those numbers would commencement successful nan first twelvemonth of nan woody for much than 180 players and summation complete nan magnitude of nan CBA.

People acquainted pinch nan WNBA’s latest connection described nan scheme to nan AP arsenic a highly lucrative package providing important increases complete anterior years and designed to bring negotiations to a speedy conclusion.

The existent CBA was group to expire 31 October erstwhile nan WNBA and nan players’ national agreed to proceed negotiations to 30 November, allowing much clip to discuss a woody that would beryllium revolutionary for nan players successful position of salary.

The players exercised their correct to opt retired of nan existent CBA past twelvemonth pinch hopes of getting, among different things, accrued gross sharing, higher salaries, improved benefits and a softer net cap. When nan past CBA expired successful 2019, some sides agreed to a 60-day hold pinch a CBA yet ratified successful January 2020.

WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert was hopeful earlier nan 2025 All-Star Game that everyone would beryllium talking astir really awesome nan adjacent CBA would beryllium astatine nan 2026 All-Star Game.

“I’m still really optimistic that we’ll get thing done that would beryllium transformational,” Engelbert said successful July.