WNBPA vice president Breanna Stewart said Friday that the letter to players' union executive director Terri Jackson earlier this week was intended to "get the entire [executive committee] back on track" to get the best CBA possible.
Dallas Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale was arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery in Miami early Thursday morning following the Unrivaled championship after she allegedly punched a man in the face, according to arrest records.
Despite a brilliant 40-point performance from Kelsey Plum, Breanna Stewart and Mist topped Phantom 80-74 in the championship game to become the queens of Unrivaled for 2026.
The WNBPA's executive committee said it remains "united" and that a recent player survey reaffirms the league's latest proposal for a new CBA "is not worth taking."
WNBPA executive committee members Kelsey Plum and Breanna Stewart wrote a three-page letter Monday to players' union executive director Terri Jackson expressing "serious concerns about how the PA is handling the current negotiations" for a new CBA.
Phantom BC and Mist will face off in the Unrivaled championship game Wednesday night after both delivered entertaining semifinal wins in front of a sellout Barclays Center crowd on Monday.
Kelsey Plum said the CBA offer from the league to the WNBPA is a "significant win," but negotiations should continue and "a strike would be the worst thing for both sides."