Pay Raise For Unrivaled Basketball League Players Puts Even More Pressure On WNBA Amid CBA Talks

WNBA's CBA negotiations: Why revenue sharing is priority No. 1 and whether a lockout is realistic

With the CBA expiring Oct. 31, negotiations have become the most important topic in the WNBA.

WNBA players demand: ‘Pay us what you owe us!’

The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) is a league of teams playing women’s basketball, the fastest-growing sport in 2024, according to Forbes. The WNBA is ranked the fifth most popular professional sport in the U.S. due to high-profile, talented players such as Angel Reese, A’ja Wilson,

Unrivaled Will Pay Players Even More In 2026 After Hugely Successful First Season

There’s still more than two months left in the WNBA season, but Unrivaled — the upstart 3-on-3 women’s basketball league — is already locking in talent for 2026.Alex Bazzell, co-founder of the league and husband of Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier, told Front Office Sports that nearly 90% of Unrivaled’s player pool for next season has already been signed. That includes six new players the league plans to add to a developmental pool, expandin…

Pay Raise For Unrivaled Basketball League Players Puts Even More Pressure On WNBA Amid CBA Talks

Unrivaled While a potential lockout is seemingly getting closer and closer, the upstart Unrivaled league may have just made it even harder for the WNBA and players to come to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement. Alex Bazzell, the co-founder of the new 3-on-3 women’s basketball league, said the the league has agreed to deals with nearly 90 percent of its players for the 2026 season at a recent league summit in Miami. Moreover, Bazzell,…