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Caitlin Clark and WNBA players take step closer to strike after ‘slap in the face’ CBA proposal from league
Sportsnaut ^ | July 3, 2025 | Jason Burgos

Posted on 07/03/2025 4:47:13 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?

Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark and her WNBA contemporaries just took a step closer to an offseason strike following a weak first collective bargaining agreement proposal from the league.

There have been rumblings for months that the WNBA and its players could be headed to a work stoppage after this season. How much players make has always been a hot-button topic around the league. And throughout its existence, its athletes did not have much leverage in CBA talks with the WNBA often taking losses.

However, Caitlin Clark and the class of 2024 rookies helped expand the league’s popularity. And led it to record revenue and attendance last year. It gave WNBA players what they needed to push for increased wages in the next CBA. The current CBA ends after this season, and the two sides have begun talks on a new one. However, things have quickly gotten off to a bumpy start.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: wnba; wnbastrike
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To: BipolarBob

Imagine a pair of pairs of scissors. Open both, then try to cut each other.

Although yes, lip syncing is a term that works too!


41 posted on 07/06/2025 9:36:34 AM PDT by Svartalfiar (-)
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To: Recovering_Democrat
No one is interested in that league anyway.

CC is popular. The league collapses without her.

Indiana Fever sells out every stadium they're playing and that's all due to CC.

42 posted on 07/06/2025 9:40:46 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Recovering_Democrat
No one is interested in that league anyway.

CC is popular. The league collapses without her.

Indiana Fever sells out every stadium they're playing and that's all due to CC.

43 posted on 07/06/2025 9:40:48 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Recovering_Democrat
No one is interested in that league anyway.

CC is popular. The league collapses without her.

Indiana Fever sells out every stadium they're playing and that's all due to CC.

44 posted on 07/06/2025 9:40:50 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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