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The Women’s National Basketball Players’ Association submitted a counterproposal to the WNBA on Tuesday that included some concessions on revenue sharing and housing, sources told ESPN.
According to a source familiar with the proposal, the players’ union is now asking for an average of 27.5% of gross revenue, defined as revenue before deducting expenses, over the course of the agreement, including 25% — and less than a $9.5 million salary cap — in Year 1.
In its previous proposal from December, the union asked for the players to receive an average of 31% of gross revenue, starting at 28% in Year 1 with a roughly $10.5 million salary cap.
On the issue of housing — which has also been a critical point in negotiations — the players proposed that teams continue to provide housing to players in the first several years of the new agreement, but that in later years, teams will no longer be obligated to provide housing for players making close to the maximum salary on multiyear deals and receiving full salary protection, a source reported.
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WNBA teams have been required to provide housing for players since the first CBA was ratified in 1999, and in the previous agreement, which officially expired in January after two extensions, teams could provide housing in the form of a one-bedroom apartment or a stipend. But the league had not included housing provisions in its proposals before its newest one.
In its proposal from earlier this month, the league made concessions of its own on housing and facility standards. The league offered to have players on their applicable minimum salary and those with zero years of service be provided a one-bedroom apartment for the first three years of the new deal and for developmental players to be provided studio apartments.
The WNBPA had previously proposed having the cost of housing come out of the players’ portion of its revenue sharing system as well as eliminating the housing stipend.
In a statement provided to ESPN late Tuesday, a WNBA spokesperson indicated the union’s new proposal would not be enough to move the needle.
“The Players Association’s newest proposal remains unrealistic and would cause hundreds of millions of dollars of losses for our teams,” the statement reported. “We still need to complete two Drafts [a two-team expansion draft and college draft] and free agency before the start of training camp and are running out of time. We believe the WNBA’s proposal would result in a huge win for current players and generations to come.”
Amid the now 16-month negotiation, the league has continually emphasized the importance of business health and sustainability. A source familiar with the situation told ESPN the league projects that the WNBPA’s new plan would result in losses of $460 million over the lifetime of the agreement.
ESPN stated in December that the league projected the union’s previous plan would result in $700 million in losses over the course of the agreement and that it would jeopardize the league’s financial health. The union believed its revenue sharing model would still put the league in a “profitable position,” a separate source close to the negotiations reported, and called the league’s projected loss figure “absolutely false,” citing a difference in whether expansion fees are factored into those calculations.
Tuesday’s counterproposal comes 11 days after the league submitted a response to a WNBPA proposal from around Christmas. That six-week gap caused much frustration on the players’ side, but league officials felt the players’ proposal did not warrant a response as it wasn’t much different from their previous one.
The two sides are aligned on implementing a revenue sharing system in which players’ salaries grow as both league and team revenues grow. But they have not agreed on what precisely that revenue sharing system should look like, with the league continuing to propose one based on net revenue (i.e. revenue after deducting expenses) and the WNBPA continuing to seek one based on gross revenue.
The league has proposed that players receive on average over 70% of net revenue, what would amount to less than 15% of gross revenue. Its newest proposal included a $5.65 million salary cap in 2026 (up from roughly $1.5 million in 2025) that will grow in subsequent years in line with revenue growth.
In the WNBA’s proposal, maximum salaries, including revenue sharing payouts, would amount to nearly $1.3 million in 2026 and were projected to approach $2 million in 2031. The supermax in 2025 came in at $249,000. The average player salary, including revenue sharing, was projected to reach $540,000 in 2026 and $780,000 by 2031, up from $120,000 in 2025.
The league reported it also has compromised in other areas, such as adding two new developmental roster spots, including pregnant player trade consent, eliminating marijuana testing, increasing team contributions to players’ 401(k) retirement accounts, adding new team staffing and facility requirements and debuting a recognition payment for current retirees. Charter flight travel is also set to be codified in the new agreement.
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