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A\u2019ja Wilson #22 of the Las Vegas Aces and Jackie Young #0 of the Las Vegas Aces wear shirts saying “Pay us what you owe us” prior to the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on July 19, 2025 in Indianapolis, Indiana<\/p>\n
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The WNBPA submitted a revised CBA proposal that lowers its requested revenue share from 31 percent to 27.5 percent of gross revenue.
\n The union proposed phasing out team-provided housing for certain high-earning players later in the agreement.
\n With training camps opening in roughly two months and a strike authorized, the timeline to reach a deal is tightening.<\/p>\n
The 2026 WNBA season<\/a> is just months away, and with the clock ticking, the league and its players still haven\u2019t reached an agreement on a new CBA. On Tuesday (Feb. 17) evening, ESPN reported that the WNBA Players\u2019 Association submitted a new counterproposal that includes concessions on revenue sharing and housing.<\/p>\n According to the network<\/a>, a source close to the negotiations said the players\u2019 union is now seeking an average of 27.5 percent of gross revenue, meaning revenue calculated before expenses, over the life of the agreement. That would include 25 percent in the first year, along with a salary cap under $9.5 million. In its earlier proposal from December, the union asked for 31 percent and a cap closer to $10.5 million.<\/p>\n Regarding housing, the union suggested that \u201cteams continue to provide housing to players in the first several years\u201d of the new CBA<\/a>. In the later years, however, that obligation would phase out for \u201cplayers making close to the maximum salary on multiyear deals\u201d with full salary protection.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Players Association’s latest proposal remains unrealistic and would cause hundreds of millions of dollars of losses for our teams,” a WNBA spokesperson responded in a statement. \u201cWe still need to complete two Drafts and free agency before the start of training camp and are running out of time. We believe the WNBA’s proposal would result in a huge win for current players and generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n Image<\/p>\n Image Credit<\/p>\n Steph Chambers \/ Staff via Getty Images<\/p>\n Image Alt<\/p>\n Nneka Ogwumike #3 and Skylar Diggins #4 of the Seattle Storm talk against the Atlanta Dream at Climate Pledge Arena on August 13, 2025 in Seattle, Washington<\/p>\n Image Size<\/p>\n landscape-medium<\/p>\n Negotiations are getting \u201cawfully close to the 11th hour,\u201d Adam Silver says<\/p>\n Last Saturday (Feb. 14), during an All-Star Weekend<\/a> press conference, NBA commissioner Adam Silver acknowledged that the teams and players were in an \u201cunfortunate\u201d situation. \u201cWe\u2019re coming off tremendous momentum in the WNBA,\u201d he explained. \u201cI feel like in the last few years in particular, the league has turned a corner in terms of fan interest, the commercial success, [and] popularity of players.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not ready to set a drop-dead date [on negotiations],\u201d Silver added. He stressed urgency, calling attention to \u201cthe calendar and the amount that we need to get done, really over the next two months, because training camps are scheduled to open roughly two months from now.\u201d His comments followed the league\u2019s Feb. 6 proposal responding to the union\u2019s December offer.<\/p>\n The clock is ticking: What happens if a CBA isn\u2019t reached<\/p>\n The major question as the season approaches is what happens if a deal isn\u2019t reached. Last December, the union voted to authorize a strike \u201cwhen necessary<\/a>,\u201d with a supermajority \u2014 98 percent of voting members \u2014 signaling they were willing to withhold labor as leverage in negotiations.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\".\/media_129b7f807dfc237d5420d79a2e8be462b45e8c6bc.jpg?width=750&format=jpg&optimize=medium\")
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