2025 WNBA Off-Season

[azfan]

The players association, officers and league stars are to be commended for talking the long term view in negotiations. The impact of revenue sharing and it's benefits to players in the NBA is clear.

Report: WNBA and players remain far apart on revenue sharing split

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[Ha Who]

Hartford Courant

WNBA players have authorized their union’s executive council to call a strike if necessary.

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[GamecockFam]

I had a different take, but it could be how I'm interpreting this part. My understanding was the new model increased the cap to $ 5M, making the average salary around $410K.

Oh, so like the team cap?

 

[cancontent]

Oh, so like the team cap?

Yes, they've offered to increase the cap from $ 1.5M that had been proposed. The WNBA also offered a max base salary of $ 1M. Here's the exact wording from the article:

"Earlier this month a WNBA proposal included a $1 million max base salary, according to multiple sources familiar with negotiations. In addition, the league proposed a revenue-sharing model that would give players 50% of a revenue metric that would not include all revenue and would have some expenses deducted. Under this proposed model, players would end up receiving less than 15% of the league’s total revenue, these same sources said.

The salary cap would increase from $1.5 million to $5 million under the league’s latest proposal, bringing the average salary to about $417,000. Projected earnings with the league’s proposed revenue-sharing model factored in would push the average to more than $500,000 and the max over $1.2 million."

Since this article, the salaries and cap number have increased I believe.

 

[GamecockFam]

Yes, they've offered to increase the cap from $ 1.5M that had been proposed. The WNBA also offered a max base salary of $ 1M. Here's the exact wording from the article:

"Earlier this month a WNBA proposal included a $1 million max base salary, according to multiple sources familiar with negotiations. In addition, the league proposed a revenue-sharing model that would give players 50% of a revenue metric that would not include all revenue and would have some expenses deducted. Under this proposed model, players would end up receiving less than 15% of the league’s total revenue, these same sources said.

The salary cap would increase from $1.5 million to $5 million under the league’s latest proposal, bringing the average salary to about $417,000. Projected earnings with the league’s proposed revenue-sharing model factored in would push the average to more than $500,000 and the max over $1.2 million."

Since this article, the salaries and cap number have increased I believe.

Oh, I was thinking that was the individual salary cap. This is all so confusing. 😵‍💫

 

[cancontent]

Oh, I was thinking that was the individual salary cap. This is all so confusing. 😵‍💫

I hear you.

 

[JellyBean]

Hartford Courant

WNBA players have authorized their union’s executive council to call a strike if necessary.

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The level of seriousness just went up a notch or two.

 

[azfan]

And.......

Sources: Rockets expand talks to buy, move Sun

Rockets ownership is in substantive talks with the Connecticut Sun over the potential purchase and relocation of the WNBA franchise to Houston, sources told ESPN.

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The WNBA previously indicated strong interest in a return to Houston. At the league's three-team expansion announcement in June, commissioner Cathy Engelbert specifically highlighted Houston and Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta as "up next" and "the one we have our eye on."

The Sun have been owned by the Mohegan tribe since 2003, when they bought and relocated the franchise from Orlando, Florida, to Uncasville, Connecticut. A sale to Rockets ownership would mark the latest example of the WNBA moving toward having more teams with NBA owners.
In Sept Wetzel anticipated.....

https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/46292074/dan-wetzel-wnba-connecticut-sun-sale?platform=android&appearance=dark&appsrc=sc

Instead, the league has offered to buy the franchise for $250 million before awarding it to one of the cities that has already gone through the WNBA's expansion application process -- likely Houston.

That would mean the Mohegan tribe would get substantially less return on its investment while the fans would get left to small-market history, the way the NBA once had teams in Fort Wayne and Syracuse.

"The WNBA is trying to strong-arm the [Mohegan tribe] to take a lesser offer,"

 

[ninety-nine]

And.......

Sources: Rockets expand talks to buy, move Sun

Rockets ownership is in substantive talks with the Connecticut Sun over the potential purchase and relocation of the WNBA franchise to Houston, sources told ESPN.

www.espn.com

The WNBA previously indicated strong interest in a return to Houston. At the league's three-team expansion announcement in June, commissioner Cathy Engelbert specifically highlighted Houston and Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta as "up next" and "the one we have our eye on."

The Sun have been owned by the Mohegan tribe since 2003, when they bought and relocated the franchise from Orlando, Florida, to Uncasville, Connecticut. A sale to Rockets ownership would mark the latest example of the WNBA moving toward having more teams with NBA owners.
In Sept Wetzel anticipated.....

https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/46292074/dan-wetzel-wnba-connecticut-sun-sale?platform=android&appearance=dark&appsrc=sc

Instead, the league has offered to buy the franchise for $250 million before awarding it to one of the cities that has already gone through the WNBA's expansion application process -- likely Houston.

That would mean the Mohegan tribe would get substantially less return on its investment while the fans would get left to small-market history, the way the NBA once had teams in Fort Wayne and Syracuse.

"The WNBA is trying to strong-arm the [Mohegan tribe] to take a lesser offer,"

I'm completely bloody sick of this "We'll take your pro teams, and no, you can't join a P4 conference" attitude.