Unrivaled, the new 3-on-3 women’s basketball league co-founded by WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier, has a total salary pool above $8 million, president Alex Bazzell told SB Nation in a new interview. That salary pool does not include equity or revenue sharing payments, which all of the initial 36 players will receive.
“We are really changing the outlook of the ecosystem holistically,” said Bazzell, who is married to Collier. “You’re seeing more leagues bumping up their pay because that’s where the space is now. We’re proud to play a part in that growth of just the economics of these players being paid a lot of money to play basketball. That’s where we want to get to. It’s great to have brand deals, it’s great to have all this off-court stuff, but at the end of the day, we want to be able to pay them high salaries on the court.”
There were initially only going to be 30 players for the league’s inaugural season. However, they were able to expand to 36 after outperforming their financial projections. The league has announced 34 players with the addition of Cameron Brink on Dec. 17, though she will not play in 2025 as she is still rehabbing a torn ACL.
Each player will not receive an equal…
