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What the WNBA and WNBPA’s New CBA Means for the Future of the Sport

The new deal links player salaries to nearly 20% of league revenue, boosting average pay to $600,000 and expanding rosters and teams through 2030.

After more than 500 days of uncertainty following the WNBA players’ opt-out of the 2020 CBA, the league and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) reached a verbal agreement for a new collective bargaining agreement early Wednesday morning. The much-anticipated breakthrough capped an intense stretch of in-person negotiations in midtown Manhattan, which spanned over eight days and 100 hours. After moments of impasse and frust…

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What the WNBA and WNBPA’s new CBA means for the future of the sport

“This deal is going to be transformational,” WNBPA vice president Breanna Stewart said

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