Overview
- Nneka Ogwumike told the AP that significant work remains for the season to begin on time, though players want to play and a strike is not imminent.
- The core dispute is revenue sharing, with players seeking roughly 30% of gross revenue and the league proposing a share based on about 70% of net revenue.
- At Monday’s meeting in New York, the league presented slides showing a potential maximum base salary around $1 million in 2026 with additional concessions, but no full written answer to the union’s December proposal.
- The New York Post reported the WNBA sent the union a counterproposal on Friday, a development not detailed by other outlets as of publication.
- The moratorium continues to halt free agency, the Toronto and Portland expansion draft and the rookie draft, raising the risk of schedule delays if a CBA is not finalized soon.