Sources: WNBPA counterproposal includes some concessions on revenue share, housing

"The Women's National Basketball Players' Association submitted a counterproposal to the WNBA on Tuesday that included some concessions on revenue share and housing, sources told ESPN. According to a source familiar with the proposal, the players' union is now asking for an average of 27.5% of gross revenue, defined as revenue before deducting expenses, over the course of the agreement, including 25% -- and less than a $9.5 million salary cap -- in year one."

"On the issue of housing -- which has also been a major flashpoint in negotiations -- the players propose that teams continue to provide housing to players in the first several years of the new agreement, but that in later years, teams would no longer be obligated to provide housing for players making close to the maximum salary on multiyear deals and receiving full salary protection, a source said."

"In its proposal from early February, the league made concessions of its own on housing and facility standards. The league offered to have players on their applicable minimum salary and those with zero years of service be provided a one-bedroom apartment for the first three years of the new deal, and for developmental players to be provided studio apartments."

The players' union submitted a counterproposal that reduces its revenue-share demand to an average 27.5% of gross revenue over the agreement, including 25% in year one with a salary cap under $9.5 million. The December proposal had sought a 31% average, starting at 28% and roughly a $10.5 million cap in year one. The counterproposal offers concessions on housing by keeping team-provided housing in the early years but allowing teams to drop housing obligations later for players near maximum salaries on multiyear contracts with full salary protection. Teams have been required to provide housing since the 1999 CBA, and the previous deal allowed a one-bedroom apartment or a stipend. The league previously offered targeted housing concessions for minimum-salary and zero-year players and studio apartments for developmental players. The union submitted the counterproposal 11 days after the league's response to an earlier offer; the league had delayed six weeks and considered the earlier players' proposal largely unchanged.

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