{"id":380705,"date":"2026-01-01T03:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T03:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/380705\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T03:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T03:27:11","slug":"report-wnba-players-association-not-close-on-cba-as-deadline-looms-field-level-media-professional-sports-content-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/380705\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: WNBA, players association not close on CBA as deadline looms – Field Level Media – Professional sports content solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

With just over a week remaining until the Jan. 9 deadline for a new WNBA collective bargaining agreement, the league and the Women\u2019s National Basketball Players Association are not close to a deal, ESPN reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The report indicates that the league and players association are very far apart on a number of basic points including what the revenue-sharing system, which the league currently does not have, could look like, what could be considered revenue and the process of accounting for expenses.<\/p>\n

The league is reportedly claiming that the latest proposal from the WNBPA (30% of gross revenue for the players and a salary cap of around $10.5 million) would not be sustainable for the league to survive, costing the WNBA approximately $700 million over the length of the pact.<\/p>\n

The last reported proposal from the WNBA side offered 50-plus-percent of net revenue (revenue subtracting expenses), raising average salaries from $120,000 to $530,000 and max salaries from $249,244 to $1.3 million immediately and close to $2 million over the course of the deal.<\/p>\n

The WNBA\u2019s proposed salary cap is $5 million with growth in line with revenue sharing over the deal.<\/p>\n

Just after Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier\u2019s team was eliminated from the playoffs in September, Collier, the WNBPA vice president, called a press conference and said WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert was providing the \u201cworst leadership in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor too long I have tried to have these conversations in private,\u201d Collier added. \u201cBut it\u2019s clear there\u2019s no intention of accepting there\u2019s a problem (with the league\u2019s officiating, in particular). The league has made it clear, it isn\u2019t about innovation. It isn\u2019t about collaboration. It\u2019s about control and power.\u201d<\/p>\n

In mid-December, the WNBA\u2019s players voted to give WNBPA president Nneka Ogwumike and the executive committee the authority to potentially initiate a strike.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe players have spoken,\u201d the WNBPA said in a statement. \u201cThrough a decisive vote with historic participation, our membership has authorized the WNBPA\u2019s Executive Committee to call a strike when necessary. The players\u2019 decision is an unavoidable response to the state of negotiations with the WNBA and its teams.\u201d<\/p>\n

The WNBA is scheduled to introduce expansion teams in Portland and Toronto in 2026 to bring its number of teams to 15. A strike, if set into motion, could affect that timeline with the season scheduled to begin in May.<\/p>\n

\u2013Field Level Media<\/p>\n

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