{"id":546049,"date":"2026-03-19T04:53:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T04:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/546049\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T04:53:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T04:53:19","slug":"wnba-players-union-reach-tentative-cba-with-revenue-sharing-major-salary-increases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/546049\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA, players union reach tentative CBA with revenue sharing, major salary increases"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>The WNBA and WNBPA reached a tentative agreement early Wednesday morning on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, pending ratification by players, team owners, and the NBA.<\/p>\n<p>The league and players union had been holding extended meetings since last week and finally found common ground on what both sides are calling a transformational CBA. They met for eight days \u2014 and more than 100 hours \u2014 inside The Langham in Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides celebrated together by popping champagne before alerting fans through the media after 2 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026The progress made in these discussions marks a transformative step forward for players and the league,\u201d WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said in a statement. \u201cIt underscores a shared commitment to the continued growth of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>See Also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fieldhousefiles.com\/p\/qa-with-wnba-commissioner-cathy-engelbert\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Q&amp;A with Engelbert: On All-Star Weekend in Indy, Caitlin Clark and NIL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The discussions centered on revenue sharing, something players will receive for the first time in league history. That was their top priority. Players are expected to receive roughly 20% of league revenue, meaning salaries will rise as the WNBA continues to grow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis deal is definitely going to be a huge win,\u201d Breanna Stewart <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/game-recognize-game-with-stewie-and-myles\/id1870845014?i=1000756039085\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said on her podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The WNBA and WNBPA reached a tentative agreement early Wednesday morning on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, pending&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":546050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-546049","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\/546049","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=546049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/546050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}