Overview
- The league delivered a written offer Friday after roughly six weeks without a formal response to the WNBPA’s December proposal.
- The proposal makes only small tweaks to the revenue model, keeping players’ share tied to over 70% of net revenue, which reporters say equals less than 15% of gross, far from the union’s call for about 30% of gross.
- The offer outlines a 2026 team salary cap of about $5.65 million, with previously presented projections of a maximum base salary near $1 million that could rise via revenue sharing.
- Housing and facility standards are newly detailed: one-bedroom apartments for rookies and minimum-salary players for the first three years, studios for two developmental players per team, and codified practice-facility requirements.
- The union is assessing the offer as expansion drafts for Toronto and Portland, free agency and the college draft remain on hold, with Nneka Ogwumike saying players want a season and noting strike authority exists but is not being rushed.