After the WNBA met with representatives of its gamers for about three hours on Feb. 2, either side left with no wage settlement in place and no counteroffer from the league to its final provide to the union.
According to Front Office Sports, the primary assembly since December made no progress on any points between the 2 sides. It’s been nearly two months because the WNBA presented the WNBPA with its newest provide, and the union was simply notified that the league will start responding to the union’s counteroffer.
This was a disappointing consequence for the union, which had hoped for a optimistic response to its request.
“They volunteered that they didn’t have a proposal ready on the high of the assembly,” Nneka Ogwumike, president of the WNBPA, stated to Front Office Sports. “That form of set the tone for the dialog as a result of we have been hoping to listen to in any other case.”
This assembly was a chance for either side to share their pondering on the final proposal and clarify their rationale. It additionally gave gamers and house owners the prospect to attach and ask the opposite aspect questions.
Joining Ogwumike have been Vice President Alysha Clark, Treasurer Brianna Turner, and Stefanie Dolson, a participant rep for the Washington Mystics. Other gamers, together with Vice Presidents Kelsey Plum, Napheesa Collier, and Breanna Stewart, and Secretary Elizabeth Williams, joined the assembly by way of Zoom. Approximately 40 gamers additionally attended by way of video convention.
The league’s final provide guarantees gamers a most base wage of $1 million, beginning this upcoming season, that might rise to $1.3 million by income sharing. The final CBA had a most cap of $249,000. Players would obtain greater than 70% of internet income. That can be in any case bills are paid. Those bills would come with higher facilities for gamers, reminiscent of upgraded services, constitution flights, and five-star accommodations.
The common wage would enhance to greater than $530,000, which is greater than the present $120,000, and develop to greater than $770,000 over the lifetime of the settlement. The minimal wage can be up from $67,000 to roughly $250,000 within the first yr.
The union responded with a proposal that gamers obtain roughly 30% of gross income. The participant’s reduce can be from cash generated earlier than bills for the primary yr, whereas giving groups a $10.5 million wage cap to signal gamers. They would additionally need the revenue-sharing share to go up every season.
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