A new benchmark: WNBA CBA expected to raise pay for other pro women's sports leagues
While salary increases were a win, observers suggest revenue sharing in the new WNBA collective bargaining agreement will be transformative.
The Sparks' Dearica Hamby scores in front of the Aces' A'ja Wilson at Crypto. com Arena on Sept. 11.
(Harry How/Getty Images) After 17 months, the WNBA has agreed to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement and players will be paid more than in any other professional American women’s sports league. It is the latest in a trend of increasing equity for women athletes. In 2022, the U.
S. women's soccer team won a $24-million settlement with U. S.
Soccer after players disputed making significantly less than the less successful men’s team. Then the Professional Women's Hockey League was born in 2023 following many players defecting from the National Women's Hockey League to form the Professional Women's Hockey Players Assn. , then merging with the Premier Hockey Federation until a historic bargaining agreement.
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