Overview

• Over 40 All-Stars united in wearing “Pay Us What You Owe Us” shirts during All-Star Game warm-ups to demand higher salaries and a fairer revenue share in their CBA.
• Players and league negotiators remain at an impasse days after meetings failed to produce a new agreement, with an October deadline looming.
• Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said she remains optimistic that negotiations will yield transformational changes to revenue sharing and player benefits.
• Sparks guard Kelsey Plum’s postgame jibe at Caitlin Clark’s team for skipping the protest planning meeting revealed internal friction among players.
• Reactions from media figures like Dave Portnoy, ESPN analyst Richard Jefferson and support from Hillary Clinton have intensified public scrutiny of the WNBA’s finances.