{"id":24860,"date":"2025-07-26T06:15:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T06:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/24860\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T06:15:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T06:15:13","slug":"kylie-kelce-sends-crystal-clear-message-about-wnba-player-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/24860\/","title":{"rendered":"Kylie Kelce Sends Crystal Clear Message About WNBA Player Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5o\">The &#8220;Pay Us What You Owe Us&#8221; black t-shirts that the 2025 WNBA All-Stars wore while warming up on July 19 have sent shockwaves through the sports community, as they&#8217;ve brought attention to the ongoing CBA negotiations between the league and its players.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5r\">The most important aspect of a new CBA is increased WNBA player salaries, which several players have made extremely clear. While it has been known for years that the world&#8217;s best women&#8217;s basketball players receive paltry WNBA salaries, conversation around it<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/onsi\/womens-fastbreak\/news\/hillary-clinton-takes-firm-stance-on-wnba-player-pay-movement-01k0q6xfgb8e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> hasn&#8217;t gone this mainstream<\/a> before. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/01k11tmspn04wvebf84j.jpg\" alt=\"Team Collier forward Angel Reese (5) looks on before the 2025 WNBA All Star Game on July 19, 2025\" title=\"Team Collier forward Angel Reese (5) looks on before the 2025 WNBA All Star Game on July 19, 2025\" width=\"5424\" height=\"3051\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"60\"\/>Jul 19, 2025; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Team Collier forward Angel Reese (5) looks on before the 2025 WNBA All Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Mandatory Credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images | Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn ImagesKylie Kelce Gets Clear About Her WNBA Player Pay Stance<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"67\">While Kylie Kelce was once best known as the wife of former NFL star Jason Kelce, her Not Gonna Lie podcast has turned her into a star separate from her husband. And Kelce took aim of the ongoing CBA negotiations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tDiXOES_jx4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">during a July 24 episode <\/a>of her show. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6a\">After playing a clip of Lynx star Napheesa Collier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/onsi\/womens-fastbreak\/news\/napheesa-collier-explains-pay-us-what-you-owe-us-message-amid-wnba-cba-negotiations-01k0n2xc979t\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">speaking about the negotiations<\/a>, Kelce said, &#8220;You nailed that. This feels very much like f*** around and find out energy. The league, f****** around, the players said, &#8216;Find out. Check out my shirt.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6d\">She later added, &#8220;Players, they&#8217;re just looking for a larger share of the revenue. And this is an important point: they are not looking to be paid as much as the men. A lot of people, when they take issue with these conversations, the people whose argument is &#8216;They don&#8217;t bring in as much money as the man&#8217; can kick rocks, because that&#8217;s not what the WNBA is trying to do&#8230; They are just trying to get a higher percentage of the league&#8217;s revenue, which makes a lot of sense. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kylie Kelce absolutely just COOKED while speaking on WNBA compensation debate. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AUfbK6Vd31\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/AUfbK6Vd31<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Krysta (@Krysta____) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Krysta____\/status\/1948453945229385862?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6j\">&#8220;You&#8217;re not getting money unless those women are on the court. We need to compensate these athletes,&#8221; Kelce added. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6m\">She couldn&#8217;t have said it any better.<\/p>\n<p>Recommended Reading:<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The &#8220;Pay Us What You Owe Us&#8221; black t-shirts that the 2025 WNBA All-Stars wore while warming up&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-24860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24860","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=24860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}