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Negotiations over a new collective bargaining agreement in the WNBA are continuing — but time is running out.
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The league and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association have until Jan. 9 to agree on a transformative new CBA that will alter the salary structure of women’s professional basketball in the United States. Given the rise of the intercontinental Project B league, all parties agree WNBA salaries will rise — but the sides still disagree on how to approach rising player compensation.
According to The Athletic, the WNBPA has proposed a system in which players will receive around 30 percent of league and team revenue.
But the league reportedly has proposed that players would receive 15 percent of this revenue — and the percentage would decrease over the life of a new CBA.
At a USA Basketball training camp last weekend, Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark spoke about the challenging negotiations and left the door open to a compromise that would allow fans to watch WNBA basketball in 2026.
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As of now, that compromise still seems a ways away, and the 2026 season could be in jeopardy.
“This is the biggest moment the WNBA has ever seen, and it’s not something that can be messed up, and we’re going to fight for everything that we deserve,” Clark said Friday from the campus of Duke University. “At the same time, we need to play basketball. That’s what our fans crave, and that’s what all of you crave as well, is you want the product on the floor. … It’s important that we find a way to play this next season.”
