"Last month, ESPN reported that the expansion draft for the incoming Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo is expected to feature different rules than last year's version that stocked the Golden State Valkyries with the makings of a playoff roster. With so many WNBA veterans headed to unrestricted free agency with the new CBA certain to massively increase salaries, teams are expected to be allowed to protect only five players each rather than last year's six."
"Granting that there are still variables left to be determined by CBA negotiations, including the future of the core system, let's run through how the lists of five protected players for each team might look and who that would leave available for the Fire and Tempo, with the help of data from the Her Hoop Stats WNBA salary database. Roster designations DP: unsigned draft pick R: restricted free agent RS: reserved free agent S: suspended list and contract expired U: unrestricted free agent"
Executives are negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement that will reshape salary structure and roster rules while teams prepare for a second straight expansion draft. The incoming Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo are expected to face expansion-draft rules different from last year, with teams likely permitted to protect only five players instead of six. Expansion teams will be able to select players whose rights are retained even if those players did not play last season, and each expansion franchise can pick one unrestricted free agent who might be designated as a core player. Teams must make difficult protection choices using salary-data sources and roster designations.
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