Overview
- NBA commissioner Adam Silver said on NBC's Today that WNBA players will receive a “big increase” in the next CBA and urged focus on absolute pay rather than revenue share.
- The WNBPA criticized the league’s approach as an artificial system not tied to business growth and highlighted Silver’s comments with a social post asking, “Don’t want to share?”
- The WNBA countered that its proposals include uncapped revenue sharing tied to league performance, disputing the union’s portrayal of the offer.
- The core dispute centers on salary structure, with players seeking a revenue-based model beyond the roughly 9% they receive now, while the league has pushed fixed cap increases with separate revenue components.
- With the CBA expiring Oct. 31, recent meetings have continued and multiple outlets report an extension is expected, as expansion drafts for Toronto and Portland and free agency cannot proceed without a new deal.