WNBA players have voted to ratify the new collective bargaining settlement with the league, Women’s National Basketball Players Association president Nneka Ogwumike introduced on ESPN’s “First Take” on Monday.
The players’ union stated in a launch that greater than 90% of players participated within the ratification vote with the outcomes a unanimous yes.
The CBA phrases are additionally topic to the approval by the WNBA Board of Governors. Voting is about to wrap up within the coming days, sources informed ESPN’s Alexa Philippou.
“This moment is the result of years of work and a shared belief that as the league rises, so must the players,” the WNBPA stated in a press release. “Too often, women have been told to be grateful for the opportunity. This union sees it differently. It is about knowing our worth and having the courage to demand more, not just for ourselves, but for those coming next.”
The WNBA and WNBPA introduced Friday that they’d agreed to a time period sheet for the new CBA. Under the league’s new revenue-sharing mannequin — a primary in girls’s sports activities — the wage cap for the 2026 season can be $7 million and can change yearly based mostly on league and crew income progress; it’s projected to exceed $10 million by the tip of the deal.
Other key adjustments to the CBA are will increase to the utmost and minimal salaries, an expanded common season beginning in 2027 and continued housing help to players.
In a information launch Friday, the WNBA referred to as the seven-year deal “one of the most transformational labor agreements ever reached in major professional sports.” The settlement paved the way in which for the 2026 common season to start on schedule May 8.
