WNBA CBA to include salary bump, cash increases
The WNBA and the players' union have come to tentative terms on a new collective bargaining agreement, which includes a significant salary bump for the league's highest-paid players, going from an annual base salary of $117,500 to $215,000.
The new CBA also includes other cash compensation increases, changes to free agency, travel improvements, additional motherhood and family-planning benefits, enhanced marketing and career-development opportunities, and changes to revenue-sharing potential.
"We believe it's a groundbreaking and historic deal," WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert said. "I'm proud of the players; they bargained hard, they unified, they brought attention to so many important topics."
The new CBA also includes other cash compensation increases, changes to free agency, travel improvements, additional motherhood and family-planning benefits, enhanced marketing and career-development opportunities, and changes to revenue-sharing potential.
"We believe it's a groundbreaking and historic deal," WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert said. "I'm proud of the players; they bargained hard, they unified, they brought attention to so many important topics."