WNBA player Angel Reese sparked a social media storm after saying that players were ready to sit on matches to demand higher wages during his podcast on Friday.
Reese and his colleague player of the WNBA Dijonai Carrington have addressed the next collective agreement of the WNBA.
“I have to participate in meetings because I hear like:” If you don’t give ourselves what we want, we sat down, “said Reese.
Carrington added: “It’s a possibility.”
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Angel Reese of Rose reacts in the first quarter of a match against the Phantom in Wayfair Arena on January 31, 2025, in Medley, Florida. (Megan Briggs / Getty Images)
Reese has seized its financial situation in the past.
“The WNBA does not pay my bills at all. I don’t even think that pays one of my bills. Literally,” said Reese.
Reese’s comments prompted an animated debate on social media on a strike by WNBA players, which resulted in higher wages. The WNBA has never made a profit in its existence and was subsidized by the NBA.
Chicago Sky Forward Angel Reese in the first half of a match against Las Vegas AS in Wintrust Arena. (Kamil Krzaczynski / USA TODAY SPORTS)
Reese participated in the discussion when she called an alias conservative influencer on X for a position that Reese wrongly declared that she had asked to be paid as much as the NBA players.
“I have never said anything about the NBA. We are ready to stay at the negotiating table as long as it takes,” said Reese.
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The original position of AKA has since been deleted.
Reese signed a recruit contract of $ 324,383 over four years before its first WNBA season in 2024. She won less than $ 75,000 in her first year and will do less than that in 2025.
In October, Reese admitted that she could not afford to pay her bills according to this salary in a live Instagram video.
“I live beyond my means. Haine pays them bills, baby. I just hope you know that the WNBA does not pay my bills at all,” she said. “I don’t even think it pays A of my invoices. Literally, I try to think of my rent for where I stay. Let me do the calculation very quickly. I don’t even know my salary (WNBA), $ 74,000? “”
Caitlin Clark of Indiana Fever and Angel Reese of the Chicago Sky in a match on June 1, 2024, in Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (Jeff Haynes / NBAE via Getty Images)
Reese said she paid $ 8,000 for rent.
“Baby, if you all thought … This WNBA check pays nothing,” she added. “Did it even paid my car note? … I couldn’t even eat a sandwich with that. I couldn’t even eat. I couldn’t live.”
The WNBA players’ union chose to get out of its current collective agreement in October in October, two years before its expiration.
The current ACB will always cover the 2025 season, so both parties are one year to negotiate a new agreement.
