2026 WNBA Lockout Over! | WNBA & WNBPA Agree On New CBA

[FAH1223]

Offseason schedule remains same. Season start will not be delayed. Training camp is set to open on April 19, followed by preseason games beginning April 25 and the start of the regular season on May 8.

 

[Big Boss]

We back

 

[Mike18jj]

Salute

I wonder what number they agreed on for the revenue share

 

[FAH1223]

Salute

I wonder what number they agreed on for the revenue share

Probably doubling to 20% or so. From The Athletic article:

During last Wednesday’s 11-hour session in New York (which followed a 12-hour session Tuesday), the WNBA proposed a $6.2 million salary cap — up from its most recent proposal of $5.75 million — which would put the supermax salary at $1.3 million in Year 1 that would increase to roughly $2 million by Year 6 of the deal, according to a source with knowledge of the sessions. Under the previous CBA, the 2025 salary cap was roughly $1.5 million with a supermax salary worth slightly less than $250,000.

The league’s recent proposal before the deal offered players roughly 15.5 percent of the total revenue over the lifetime of the CBA. Players offered to decrease their initial proposal of a 40 percent pre-expenses revenue share to 26 percent in a Feb. 27 meeting and even lower in this week’s meetings, according to a source familiar with the negotiations.

The two sides had largely been deadlocked because they used different revenue-sharing models. In addition, the players were frustrated that the league’s proposals prohibited them from auditing league and team expenses. The league had also continued to eliminate team housing benefits from proposals, which became another point of contention.

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

I’m happy they were able to make some in roads. Trying to hit a Liberty game this summer

 

[Mike18jj]

Probably doubling to 20% or so. From The Athletic article:

During last Wednesday’s 11-hour session in New York (which followed a 12-hour session Tuesday), the WNBA proposed a $6.2 million salary cap — up from its most recent proposal of $5.75 million — which would put the supermax salary at $1.3 million in Year 1 that would increase to roughly $2 million by Year 6 of the deal, according to a source with knowledge of the sessions. Under the previous CBA, the 2025 salary cap was roughly $1.5 million with a supermax salary worth slightly less than $250,000.

The league’s recent proposal before the deal offered players roughly 15.5 percent of the total revenue over the lifetime of the CBA. Players offered to decrease their initial proposal of a 40 percent pre-expenses revenue share to 26 percent in a Feb. 27 meeting and even lower in this week’s meetings, according to a source familiar with the negotiations.

The two sides had largely been deadlocked because they used different revenue-sharing models. In addition, the players were frustrated that the league’s proposals prohibited them from auditing league and team expenses. The league had also continued to eliminate team housing benefits from proposals, which became another point of contention.

I figured they would try to met them somewhere in the middle, plus the season is approaching fast so they had to get it done.

 

[aceboon]

There wasn't a lockout

 

[Da King]

Now we can pretend to care again

 

[Da Jungles]

^^^ weirdos still mad

to them for getting more bread

 

[MikelArteta]

eat brehettes

 

[Big Boss]

 

[Houston911]

 

[FAH1223]

There wasn't a lockout

No CBA

Free agency pushed back three months

Players couldn’t access facilities

That’s a lockout to me

 

[aceboon]

No CBA

Free agency pushed back three months

Players couldn’t access facilities

That’s a lockout to me

I don't believe this is accurate

 

[FAH1223]

I don't believe this is accurate

That’s more harmonious than the NFL and NBA