"Increased player salaries is a key issue, but the most important is revenue sharing: how it's determined and whether the percentage will be allowed to grow during the course of the CBA instead of a fixed number for the duration of the deal. 'The players are still adamant that we get a percentage of revenue that grows with the business, which perhaps includes team revenue, and that's just a part of the conversation,' WNBPA president Nneka Ogwumike told ESPN in early August."
"In the NBA, fans are used to salary caps for teams being set based on a percentage of what the CBA describes as 'basketball-related income,' or BRI. By contrast, the WNBA's current CBA defined the cap for each season ahead of time with modest 3% annual raises. A mechanism in the CBA that would increase the cap based on revenue was effectively invalidated by the timing of the deal."
Collective bargaining negotiations between the WNBA and players center on a new CBA that expires Oct. 31. Both the league and the players say they want a transformational deal, but negotiations remain far apart on major issues. Players prioritize revenue sharing that increases as the business grows, potentially including team revenue, rather than a fixed percentage. Players also press for increased salaries and enhanced benefits. The current CBA set season-by-season caps with modest 3% raises and lacked an effective mechanism to raise the cap based on post-2019 revenue because the agreement was negotiated before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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