WNBA for Negotiates Favorable CBA With Owners, Important Women’s Sports History Made

The WNBA and its players have signed a new eight-year collective bargaining agreement.

The WNBA’s most prominent figures have voiced their displeasure of the league’s sub-par travel accommodations, salaries and benefits.

This new eight-year agreement has reportedly remedied the issues.

Among the sweeping changes is the new 50-50 revenue split that will begin in 2021.

The past CBA saw players receiving a measly 20% share.

The WNBA and the players union have come to tentative terms on a new collective bargaining agreement, which includes a significant salary bump for the league's highest-paid players, going from an annual base salary of $117,500 to $215,000. https://t.co/GtnsdVokcz

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WNBA superstars can now make up to $500,000, and the average salary will reach triple digits for the first time in league history.

That sum is expected to be around $130,000.

Paid maternity leave wasn’t offered up before this new agreement.

To say that these changes were long overdue would be a gross understatement.