WNBA players approve strike
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The WNBA‘s latest collective bargaining agreement proposal includes maximum salaries growing to nearly $2 million over the life of the agreement, a source with knowledge of the matter told the New York Daily News on Thursday.
“What we’re doing right now isn’t really getting us anywhere, so if that means that Adam and (NBA deputy commissioner) Mark (Tatum) need to come to the table? We’re more than happy to have that,” Stewart said during a news conference Wednesday ahead of the second season of Unrivaled, the 3×3 league she co-founded.
The WNBPA is also proposing that teams be allowed to sign up to two additional developmental players, who would receive a stipend and could appear in up to 10 games per season at a prorated minimum league salary, before signing a rest-of-season contract. Developmental players would also receive full benefits.
Paige Bueckers has one thing in mind that could perhaps propel CBA negotiations forward from the WNBA players' perspective.