The tension between the WNBA and the players’ union has been rising for months, and it doesn’t look like it will stop anytime soon. Ever since the WNBPA opted out of the current collective bargaining agreement in 2024, both sides have been locked in a back-and-forth over how the league should value its players. But with the deadline for a new CBA now just days away, negotiations have become even more critical and more contentious. As per reports, the latest proposal from the league hasn’t brought the two sides any closer. In fact, it might have done the opposite.

The league rolled out a proposal that, on paper, looks historic: a system that could allow star players to earn more than $1.1 million, boost the average salary past $460,000, and raise the minimum above $220,000. But despite the big numbers, the WNBPA isn’t impressed!

According to ESPN, the players believe the offer does nothing to fix the issue they’ve been fighting over for more than a year: the league’s fixed salary-cap structure. The Nneka Ogwumike-led WNBPA wants a system tied directly to revenue, similar to the NBA’s BRI model. Without that, they argue, the proposal only repackages the same framework that’s kept salaries artificially low and left revenue-sharing bonuses untouched for the entire length of the current CBA.

This is a developing story…..