WNBA Players Push for Fair Pay in CBA Talks
Update: 2025-12-17
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WNBA Players Push for Fair Pay as Collective Bargaining Deadline LoomsThe Womens National Basketball Association (WNBA) and its players are in a critical negotiation phase, with a January ninth deadline to finalize a new collective bargaining agreement. The league is experiencing unprecedented growth, but players are pushing for significant salary and benefit increases, citing long-standing pay equity concerns. The WNBA Players Associations executive director, Terri Jackson, expressed frustration over slow negotiations, while the league proposes a sixfold revenue boost and a supermax salary of over one million dollars. However, the players union seeks a thirty percent share of total league and team revenue, a point of contention. Both sides acknowledge the importance of avoiding a work stoppage to maintain the leagues momentum, with the season set to begin in May 2026.
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