WNBA and players' union reach tentative deal on a new collective bargaining agreement
NBC News·2026-03-18 22:13

This was a really long intense negotiation, guys. A lot of public criticism back and forth between the players union and the league. Uh the the headline things here, first of all, the season is scheduled to start uh as scheduled on May 8th.That's a big one. And the players got a lot of what they wanted. A huge increase in the salary cap going from 1.5% million to close to 7 million.Big jumps in the average salary. Big jump in the revenue share for players. uh salaries tied to revenue share going forward get ...

WNBA and players' union reach tentative deal on a new collective bargaining agreement - Reportify