Silver said WNBA players are due to \u201cget a big increase in this cycle of collective bargaining, and they deserve it.\u201d<\/p>\n
But Jackson said players stand firm on their desires to have their increased salaries connected to a more robust revenue-sharing model that ties their pay to the league\u2019s business growth.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the players opted out a year ago, they made it clear they wanted a salary system that values their labor and allows them to grow with the business they are very clearly driving,\u201d Jackson said in a statement provided to The Post and other outlets. \u201cThe league\u2019s response has been to run out the clock, put lipstick on a pig, and retread a system that isn\u2019t tied to any part of the business and intentionally undervalues the players. The fact that the league now wants to call any part of its proposal \u2018uncapped\u2019 is precisely why its leadership, transparency, and accountability are being challenged right now.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know they know it\u2019s bad when the best they say they can do is more of the same: a fixed salary system and a separate revenue-sharing plan that only includes a piece of a piece of the pie, and pays themselves (the league) back first,\u201d Jackson continued. \u201cWe\u2019ve come to the table prepared to do business,\u201d Jackson said. \u201cThey\u2019ve responded with bad math and are hoping everyone doesn\u2019t understand what \u2018uncapped\u2019 actually means.\u201d<\/p>\n
A WNBA spokesperson, though, adamantly refuted Jackson\u2019s statement, calling it \u201cincorrect and surprising\u201d to suggest the league didn\u2019t offer an \u201cuncapped\u201d option.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe comprehensive proposals we have made to the players include a revenue-sharing component that would result in the players\u2019 compensation increasing as league revenue increases \u2014 without any cap on the upside,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cIt is frustrating and counterproductive for the union to be making misrepresentations about our proposals while also accusing the league of engaging in delay. That is simply not true.\u201d<\/p>\n
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WNBPA executive director Terri Carmichael Jackson Getty Images<\/p>\n
The league said the WNBPA has \u201cyet to offer a viable economic proposal and has repeatedly refused to engage in any meaningful way on many of our proposal terms.\u201d<\/p>\n
The WNBA\u2019s latest proposal doesn\u2019t include a super-max salary at, or exceeding, $1 million in the first year, according to Front Office Sports. <\/p>\n
Instead, the super-max salary proposal is closer to $850,000, and a veteran minimum is around $300,000 for the first year, the report said.<\/p>\n
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NBA commissioner Adam Silver AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Both are increases from the current CBA. The league\u2019s current super-max is $249,244, and the veteran minimum is $78,831. But the players may argue the increase is not equal to the league\u2019s booming valuation, with some franchises being valued north of $400 million.<\/p>\n
Players are hoping for a salary model similar to the NBA\u2019s, where basketball-related income (such as TV deals, sponsorships and ticket sales) helps determine the next year\u2019s cap.<\/p>\n
The current CBA expires Oct. 31. While the two parties meet regularly, it seems likely that an extension will be necessary, similar to what happened last time a new CBA was being brokered in 2019. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Nothing can happen in the WNBA offseason, including the draft lottery, expansion drafts, free agency and college draft, until a new deal is ratified.<\/p>\n
Both sides are hoping to avoid delaying the start of next season.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe stand ready to continue negotiating in good faith and hope they will do the same so that we can finalize a mutually beneficial new CBA as quickly as possible,\u201d the league spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
The NBA, which owns 42 percent of the WNBA, didn\u2019t respond to The Post\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The WNBA and the Women\u2019s National Basketball Players Association remain at odds with the current collective bargaining agreement…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[23867,49,48,82,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-233478","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-adam-silver","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}