The New NBA

The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is an American professional basketball league that has 12 teams. Founded in 1996 as the women's equal to the National Basketball Association (NBA) is the only league ever to receive full backing by the NBA. As a competitor to the men’s league for viewership, it has not done very well. Many basketball fans do not show interest in the women’s game, so attendance and viewership lag behind the men’s game. In the last twenty years, the NBA has spent more than $10 million per year to keep the WNBA financially solvent and individual teams have been losing roughly $1 million to $2 million a year. One of the primary focus and cause for conversation is the inequality of income that exist in the game. Many players such as Brittney Griner, Breanna Stewart, and Maya Moore have been outspoken about the equality of income between the male and female players.

 

In 2008, a six-year WNBA collective bargaining agreement (CBA) was created between the players and the league. The salary cap for an entire team was $900,000 with the minimum salary with three-plus years of experience being $51,000. The maximum salary for a six-plus year player was $101,500. Many WNBA players supplement their salaries by playing in the European, Australian, and Chinese basketball leagues. For this reason, the WNBA has been criticized for paying its players less than their NBA colleagues, although the discrepancy is related to larger revenues generated by the NBA. With overseas leagues offering much higher salaries to many players than the WNBA, roughly 70% of the league's players go overseas. 

But in this strange and brave new world, the NBA has decided to help its sister teams by arranging for both leagues to be under a new NBA collective bargaining agreement (NCBA). Both leagues would be under the new NBA with the WNBA keeping its name and NBA men’s league changing its name to the MNBA. There were many names suggested but players and owners could not agree. At first, they wanted to use male and female terminologies, but discussions became complicated over gender issues. Characteristics associated with being male and female polarized the group, and discussions became infused with insults and condescension, so topics on gender and sex were quickly dropped. 

 

On a more positive note, owners and players agreed on a new NBA salary schedule. This agreement will become effective on December 30, 2023, and will run through June 30, 2030. Below is the new salary schedule for all players. It was agreed that any windfall at the end of each season will be deposited into a general account called “Improve USA”, used to improve communities across the country and find housing for the homeless.

New Salary Schedule (men and women)

(Years of Service)

 

1	1,017,781
2.	1,637,966
3.	1,836,090
4.	1,902,133
5.	1,968,175
6.	2,133,278
7.	2,298,385
8.	2,463,490
9.	2,628,597
10	2,641,682
10+	2,905,851

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