WNBA, players strike late-night deal for new CBA

The WNBA and its players national reached a woody successful rule connected a caller corporate bargaining statement (CBA), keeping nan convention connected way to extremity disconnected connected May 8.

Lawyers connected some sides will proceed to hammer location nan specifics of nan caller CBA. A word expanse is expected to beryllium done successful nan adjacent time aliases 2 and past it will caput to nan players national to beryllium ratified and later approved by nan league’s Board of Governors.

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Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark (22) drives nan shot against Connecticut Sun defender Leila Lacan (47) successful nan 2nd 4th astatine TD Garden connected July 15, 2025. (David Butler II/Imagn Images)

"I conscionable want to opportunity we person aligned connected cardinal elements of a caller corporate bargaining statement together. We still request to finalize a general word sheet, but nan advancement made successful these discussions marks a transformative measurement guardant for players and nan league," WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said. "It underscores a shared committedness to nan continued maturation of nan game. So, we’ll stock further specifications arsenic they go available."

The woody is expected to bespeak nan accelerated maturation complete nan past 2 seasons. The convention exploded successful fame pinch nan emergence of Caitlin Clark successful 2024, on pinch immoderate of nan different members of her rookie class.

Players’ salaries are besides expected to summation fourfold from past season.

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert talks during a presser earlier nan commencement of crippled 1 of nan 2025 WNBA Finals betwixt nan Phoenix Mercury and nan Las Vegas Aces astatine Michelob Ultra Arena connected Oct. 3, 2025. (Stephen R. Sylvanie/Imagn Images)

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"For nan first time, subordinate salaries are tied to a genuinely meaningful stock of convention revenue, driving exponential maturation successful nan net cap, expanding mean compensation beyond half a cardinal dollars and raising nan modular crossed facilities, staffing and support," national president Nneka Ogwumike said.

The 2 sides pushed difficult this week to get a woody done, sometimes negotiating into nan wee hours of nan morning. They came to an statement astatine astir 2:20 a.m. ET connected Wednesday.

"The woody is going to beryllium transformational," national vice president Breanna Stewart said. "It's going to build and thief create a strategy wherever everybody is getting precisely what they merit and much from connected nan tribunal and disconnected nan tribunal aspects."

Las Vegas Aces halfway A'ja Wilson (22) celebrates aft crippled 4 of nan 2025 WNBA Finals astatine Mortgage Matchup Center connected Oct. 10, 2025.  (Joe Camporeale/Imagn Images)

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The convention will now statesman a accelerated break toward nan season. The squad will clasp 2 description drafts pinch nan Toronto Tempo and Portland Fire joining nan convention this season. Free agency will besides kickoff soon on pinch training camp, which is expected to return spot six days aft nan draft.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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