"The NWSL Players Association opposes the League's decision to move forward without bargaining over the High Impact Player Rule. Under federal labor law, changes to compensation under the salary cap are a mandatory subject of bargaining -- not a matter of unilateral discretion. Fair pay is realized through fair, collectively bargained compensation systems, not arbitrary classifications. A league that truly believes in the value of its Players would not be afraid to bargain over it."
"The NWSLPA has put forward a clear, lawful alternative: raising the Team Salary Cap to compete in a global labor market. Additionally, we have proposed that through collective bargaining, we work together to create a system for projecting revenue sharing numbers in future years so that Teams and Players can negotiate multi-year deals with certainty. The Union remains ready and willing to engage in good-faith bargaining."
The NWSL implemented a High Impact Player rule allowing each club to exceed the league's salary cap by up to $1 million beginning in 2026 to sign designated star players. The NWSL Players Association opposes the rule as a unilateral change to compensation and asserts that salary-cap changes are a mandatory subject of bargaining under federal labor law. The union proposed raising the Team Salary Cap by $1 million instead and offered to negotiate a revenue-sharing projection system to enable multi-year certainty for teams and players. The union said it will take action to enforce players' rights and remains ready to bargain in good faith.
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