Over the second half of the WNBA season, ESPN’s M.A. Voepel and Alexa Philippou asked 34 players, almost 25 percent of the league, “What’s the biggest issue in the WNBA?” On Monday, they published the results, providing valuable insight into players’ perspectives of their league.
Voepel and Philippou organized the issues identified by players into six categories:
Travel: 18 players
Other concerns: 7
Salary structure: 3
Security: 2
Visibility: 2
Roster spots: 2
As the authors note, the current CBA, ratified in January 2020, expires at the end of the 2027 season. However, there is a mutual opt-out provision after the 2025 season. Before then, the league and WNBPA can amend the CBA through side letters, meaning the issues raised by players could be addressed ahead of a new CBA.
The Las Vegas Aces’ Kelsey Plum, who serves of the first vice president of the WNBPA, expressed an eagerness to press for change, saying, “I have no problem having a confrontation…They might hate me, but I’m going to stir the pot and make it more uncomfortable. Because I feel that’s the only way we’re going to start moving that needle.”
Below, we won’t “stir the pot” as aggressively as Plum might, but we will offer additional commentary about and context for…
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