{"id":467757,"date":"2026-02-11T09:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T09:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/467757\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T09:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T09:41:09","slug":"wnba-delivers-new-cba-proposal-after-6-week-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/467757\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Delivers New CBA Proposal After 6-Week Wait"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The WNBA made a collective bargaining move on Friday, with sources telling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/47862248\/wnba-new-cba-proposal-includes-housing-provisions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ESPN<\/a> that the league submitted a new CBA proposal more than six weeks after the WNBPA&#8217;s most recent counteroffer.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal reportedly features updated housing provisions granting both minimum salary and rookie players one-bedroom apartments while developmental players get studios for the first three years of the WNBA CBA.<\/p>\n<p>The news follows last week&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/players-union-awaits-new-wnba-proposal-as-cba-talks-drag-on\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">in-person sit-down<\/a> between WNBA leadership and union reps \u2014 including WNBPA president Nneka Ogwumike (Seattle Storm) and first VP Kelsey Plum (LA Sparks), as well as fellow VPs Alysha Clark (Washington Mystics) and Breanna Stewart (New York Liberty).<\/p>\n<p>Revenue sharing, however, remains a wedge issue for the players&#8217; union \u2014 one that Friday&#8217;s WNBA offer apparently doesn&#8217;t address \u2014 with athletes requesting <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/report-wnba-cba-negotiations-continue-to-hinge-on-revenue-sharing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">30% of gross revenue<\/a> while the league has instead offered 70% of net revenue after deducting upgraded travel and facility expenses.<\/p>\n<p>The impasse could ultimately delay the <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/wnba-drops-2026-schedule-amid-ongoing-cba-negotiations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">2026 WNBA season<\/a> \u2014\u00a0set to open in May \u2014 as well as both expansion and rookie drafts.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, the ongoing CBA talks are keeping an historic free agency period on <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/report-wnba-wnbpa-issue-free-agency-moratorium-as-cba-talks-continue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">indefinite hold<\/a> \u2014\u00a0one that impacts 80% of current players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe made the point that once we nail [revenue sharing], we can get everything else done,&#8221; Ogwumike said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The WNBA made a collective bargaining move on Friday, with sources telling ESPN that the league submitted a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":467758,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,4233,4653,535,82,630,56438],"class_list":{"0":"post-467757","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-cba","11":"tag-nneka-ogwumike","12":"tag-revenue-sharing","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-wnba","15":"tag-wnbpa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467757","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=467757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}