Anonymous16 days ago
The WNBA and its players' union reached a verbal agreement on a transformational new collective bargaining agreement on March 18, 2026, that will nearly quintuple the salary cap to $7 million, create the league's first million-dollar players with a $1.4 million supermax, and tie compensation to roughly 20% of league revenue. The deal, reached after 17 months of negotiations and more than 100 hours of final talks, fundamentally restructures the economic relationship between the league and its players just as a new $2.2 billion media rights deal kicks in and two expansion teams prepare to join for the league's 30th season.