Report: WNBA has not countered most recent CBA proposal

The WNBA has yet to respond to a collective bargaining agreement proposal made by the players nearly two weeks ago as the Jan. 9 deadline for a new agreement approaches, according to a report by Front Office Sports. The CBA was originally set to expire on Nov. 30, with the sides agreeing to an extension to Jan. 9. In mid-December, the WNBA’s players voted to give WNBPA president Nneka Ogwumike and the executive committee the authority to potentially initiate a strike. The league is reportedly claiming that the latest proposal from the WNBPA (30% of gross revenue for the players and a salary cap of around $10.5 million) would not be sustainable for the league to survive, costing the WNBA approximately $700 million over the length of the pact. The last reported proposal from the WNBA side offered 50-plus-percent of net revenue (revenue subtracting expenses), raising average salaries from $120,000 to $530,000 and max salaries from $249,244 to $1.3 million immediately and close to $2 million over the course of tRead More