WNBA Salaries

Discussion in 'Women’s Basketball' started by fittaraw, Jan 14, 2020.

  1. fittaraw

    fittaraw < 25 Posts

    This is good news! I don't know where they ended up relative to their starting point on negotiating but progress!

    The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) announced today that they have reached an agreement on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), pending ratification by the players and the league’s Board of Governors.

    The new eight-year CBA, which commences with the 2020 season and runs through 2027, provides the foundation to chart a new course for women’s professional basketball. The 2020 CBA features significant investments by the league and its teams aimed directly at increasing player salary and compensation, improvements to the overall player experience, resources specifically designed with the professional female athlete in mind, as well as a commitment to implement an integrated marketing plan league-wide.

    Foremost among the deal terms is a 53 percent increase in total cash compensation, consisting of base salary, additional performance bonuses, prize pools for newly created in-season competitions, and league and team marketing deals. Under the new CBA, the league’s top players will be able to earn cash compensation in excess of $500,000, representing a more than tripling of the maximum compensation under the prior deal. Other top players will have an opportunity to earn between $200,000 and $300,000. And for the first time in WNBA history, the average cash compensation for players will exceed six figures, averaging nearly $130,000, resulting in an increase for all players from rookies to veterans.
     
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  2. loyallonghorn

    loyallonghorn 500+ Posts

    That's impressive considering the WNBA season is about 4 months long. Extrapolate out to a year, that's equivalent to $1.5 mln for top players and average pay of $390,000 for all players.
     
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  3. airtightskipole

    airtightskipole 25+ Posts

    Good thing the nba is a cash cow
     
  4. Scamp

    Scamp 100+ Posts

     
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