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Message: [QUOTE="JordyG, post: 4222463, member: 6819"] Section 9 of the CBA states that players must prioritize playing in the WNBA over all other leagues. What does that mean? In just a short time the league will make it punitive for players to report late to training camps. In the long run this favors American born players, and discourages players from foreign leagues willing to give up their lucrative paychecks to play in this country for 1/10 of what they're making in Europe. In the long run IMO, many American players will also choose not to play in the WNBA just to leave behind their biggest earning contracts. They'll just take the summer off to heal. Looks like the Women's Association, because of this CBA, will slowly strangle itself. But this is the price you pay when the WNBA is essentially a charity league, that has little viewership, little income, and is propped up by the largesse of the NBA. They're going to dictate the rules in order to determine its outcome, and save The Association as much money as it can in the long run. [/QUOTE]