As the WNBA television ratings, revenues and ticket sales continue to grow, the league’s players have been calling for a bigger piece of the pie like the one their counterparts in the NBA have gotten for years.
A growing chorus of WNBA stars have been calling for a larger revenue share as the collective bargaining agreement between the WNBA players’ union and the league gets set to expire on Oct. 31 and will need to be renegotiated.
Players like Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier and Los Angeles Sparks guard Kelsey Plum have spoken about the players wanting higher salaries and a bigger share of the league’s revenue. At the WNBA All-Star Game in July, the league’s biggest names wore black shirts with “Pay Us What You Owe Us “ on them.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver addressed the i