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The stars of the WNBA participating in the All-Star game on Saturday evening brought a message on their t-shirts during the heating up against the league managers in the midst of collective conferences (CBA).
Each all-star of the WNBA, including the elite shooter of the fever of the Indiana Caitlin Clark, which was sidelined for the game, wore the shirt. The clothes also presented the logo of the National Association of Women’s Basketball Players (WNBPA) under the message.
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Caitlin Clark of Indiana Fever looks before the Basketball match of the WNBA All-Star, Saturday July 19, 2025, in Indianapolis. (APPO / Michael Conroy)
The shirts read: “Pay us what you owe us.” However, the message does not seem to resonate on social networks.
WNBPA president Nneka Ogwumike congratulated players for using their platform.
“I am so inspired by the number of players who arose, the commitments that were there,” she said. “This is really what it is. Because the more it happens, the more we will be able to get things done. I think that today, we will be able to use this conversation to start rolling the ball on things.”
The players argued that the business was booming for the league and that they deserve an increase in wages because of this. The WNBA was part of a new rights agreement of $ 2.2 billion which will start next season and, the league planning to extend to 18 teams by 2030, the new franchises pay extension costs of $ 250 million.
Aliyah Boston of Indiana Fever pulled before the Basketball match of the WNBA All-Star, Saturday July 19, 2025, in Indianapolis. (APPO / Michael Conroy)
WNBA stars send a message to the league before the stars play in the midst of ABC litigious negotiations
The New York Post reported last year that the League was to lose $ 40 million during the 2024 season. The New Media Rights agreement should bring at least an increase of $ 100 million compared to what the League made on its Agreement on current rights, which, according to the report, was around 60 million dollars in 2024.
Even thanks to the assertion, WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert said on Saturday evening that she was optimistic that an agreement would be concluded.
“I am always really optimistic that we would do something that would be transformational,” she said. “And that, next year in All-Star, we will talk about the quality of everything. Obviously, there is a lot of work to do on both sides to get there.”
Commissioner Cathy Engelbert speaks during a press conference before the Basketball match of the WNBA All-Star, Saturday July 19, 2025, in Indianapolis. (APPO / Michael Conroy)
The current ACB is expected to expire on October 31.
