Caitlin Clark to join tense WNBA meeting as players demand: 'We deserve more'

Caitlin Clark will subordinate respective WNBA players arsenic nan player's national meets pinch convention officials successful Indianapolis connected Thursday, July 17. The speech betwixt some parties is apt to beryllium tense, arsenic nan WNBA faces nan expiration of its existent Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) astatine nan extremity of October.

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Clark's teammate Sophie Cunningham spoke to nan IndyStar astir nan negotiations this week. "It's going to beryllium a gathering that mightiness get, you know, you're [not] ever going to spot nan prettiest sides of people, but that's what it's each about," she said. "We merit much than what they're giving us, and we're going to guidelines connected it."

Players are expected to advocator for higher salaries, accrued benefits, and accrued gross sharing. This is nan 2nd in-person gathering since negotiations began.

"As players, there's conscionable truthful overmuch that we request to get done and to discuss, and hopefully (WNBA commissioner) Cathy (Engelbert) is going to beryllium open, because we're being serious," Cunningham added. "We're trading retired these immense stadiums. We merit more, and they sewage to put their money wherever their rima is. If they want america to show up and play games, they request to salary america more."