Wnba Players Union Director Prepared For Work Stoppage, Will Negotiate 'as Long As It Takes'

The WNBA has ne'er been arsenic celebrated arsenic it is today, which is possibly bully timing for nan league.

The league's corporate bargaining statement pinch nan players national expires Oct. 31, 2025, leaving a imaginable activity stoppage connected nan table.

The Women's National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) opted retired of nan woody past year, saying astatine nan clip it was looking for "a business exemplary that reflects (players') existent value, encompassing higher salaries, enhanced master moving conditions, expanded wellness benefits and important investments needed for semipermanent growth."

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The WNBA logo connected nan tribunal astatine Crypto.com Arena successful Los Angeles July 9, 2024. (Kirby Lee/USA Today Sports)

With nary woody successful place, WNBPA head Terri Jackson said players will discuss "as agelong arsenic it takes" to get a adjacent deal.

"There’s nary amended infinitesimal than correct now for women’s sports and peculiarly for women’s hoops and peculiarly for us. So, are we seizing connected each level? Absolutely," Jackson precocious said, via nan New York Post.

"We’ve been fierce successful position of our discussions, our proposals — plural — and our gathering schedule. It’s a group project. We’ve doing our portion of it, and we’re conscionable hopeful that nan convention sees nan opportunity to person those kinds of milestones really successful place, for illustration activity towards important progress. It’s not conscionable a drawback building — important advancement by nan halfway points and activity toward completion by Oct. 31.

"Certainly, we can’t travel this acold from past play and this play past commencement going backwards. That won’t beryllium accessible," Jackson added. "I don’t deliberation anybody connected nan convention aliases nan squad broadside wants that." 

The WNBA logo connected a shot during nan 4th fourth of Game 1 of nan WNBA finals betwixt nan Seattle Storm and nan Washington Mystics astatine KeyArena successful Seattle Sept. 7, 2018. (Jennifer Buchanan/USA Today Sports)

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In March, Angel Reese admitted players could beryllium "sitting out" … "if y'all don't springiness america what we want."

Like Jackson, Reese besides said players are "prepared to enactment astatine nan negotiating array for arsenic agelong arsenic it takes."

Reese signed a four-year, $324,383 rookie statement up of her first WNBA play successful 2024. She made nether $75,000 successful her first twelvemonth and will make little than that successful 2025. 

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In October, Reese said she couldn't spend to salary her bills based connected that net successful an Instagram Live video. 

Caitlin Clark of nan Indiana Fever and Angel Reese of nan Chicago Sky during a crippled June 1, 2024, astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis.  (Jeff Haynes/NBAE via Getty Images)

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Last season, nan WNBA had its most-watched regular play successful 24 years and its highest attendance successful 22. Over 2.3 cardinal group attended WNBA games successful 2024, a 48% summation from 2023.

Fox News' Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.

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