{"id":341952,"date":"2025-12-13T05:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T05:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/341952\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T05:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T05:11:09","slug":"angel-reese-and-caitlin-clark-address-ongoing-wnba-cba-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/341952\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark address ongoing WNBA CBA negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"play\"<\/p>\n

Lexie Hull mentions WNBA’s CBA negotiations at Glamour awards<\/p>\n

Indiana Fever player Lexie Hull was among the honorees for the 2025 Glamour Women of the Year.<\/p>\n

Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese<\/a> and Indiana Fever\u00a0guard\u00a0Caitlin Clark<\/a> agree the WNBA and WNBPA need to come to an agreement that gets the players paid and back on the court for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

“Everybody’s very intentional about what we want. … We’re riding together on everything,” said Reese who, along with Clark, is participating in the Team USA camp at Duke University. “So, I’m preparing for a season like everybody else, but … it’s really important for us to come to a common ground that we can all agree on. It’s all fair and everybody benefits from it.”<\/p>\n

Caitlin Clark shares her thoughts on state of CBA negotiations, avoiding a lockout, etc. at Duke.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s here for USA Basketball Training Camp under HC Kara Lawson, one of 10 players making their first senior national team camp appearance. pic.twitter.com\/JWSYC5Bw1Z<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Shelby Swanson (@shelbymswanson) December 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

The WNBA and WNBPA\u00a0agreed to extend the current collective barging agreement<\/a>\u00a0through Jan. 9. Clark said the players will “fight for everything we deserve” and look for “compromise” because the league “needs to play basketball.”<\/p>\n

“That’s what our fans crave \u2014 the product on the floor,” Clark said. “That’s what the fans want to show up for. So, it’s business, and it’s a negotiation, and there has to be compromise on both sides. And we’re starting to get down to the wire of it.”<\/p>\n

Within days of the WNBA and WNBPA agreeing to extend the current CBA, the\u00a0league reportedly offered a new proposal<\/a>, which included a max player salary of $1 million, with projected revenue sharing raising max players’ total earnings to $1.2 million. However, the\u00a0WNBPA reportedly plans to reject the WNBA’s latest offer<\/a>\u00a0over concerns with the league’s “math.”<\/p>\n

Revenue sharing continues to be a point of contention for the players’ association. In the WNBA’s latest salary proposal,\u00a0The Athletic reported<\/a>, players would receive less than 15% of league revenue. The WNBA’s revenue projection, according to the report, has that percentage decreasing over the life of the CBA. Under the current CBA, WNBA players receive 9.3% of league revenue.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Sparks<\/a> star Cameron Brink, who is also at the Team USA camp, said every player is locked in to what’s next as the deadline approaches.<\/p>\n

“As someone that’s part of the league, definitely would be silly not to follow closely,” Brink said. “So definitely something I’m paying attention to. And I would say I’m preparing in the same way that the season’s going to come around at some point. So, just waiting like everyone else.”<\/p>\n

Meghan L. Hall contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

The USA TODAY app gets you to the heart of the news \u2014 fast.\u00a0Download for award-winning coverage, crosswords, audio storytelling, the eNewspaper and more<\/a>.<\/p>\n