The WNBA’s historic deal teaches girls everywhere to advocate for themselves | Etan Thomas

A landmark new CBA should be a moment of progress. Instead, the discourse around the negotiations revealed the same old attitudes – and my daughters recognized them instantly Sign up for WNBA 30: a limited run women’s basketball newsletter I interviewed Jemele Hill for my podcast The Rematch and asked for her reaction to the WNBA’s landmark new collective bargaining agreement, a seven-year deal that includes a salary cap increase to $7m (up from $1.5m in 2025), maximum salaries approaching ...

By Etan Thomas