an in-person meeting Thursday<\/a>. The league\u2019s players opted out of their last CBA in October, and are looking for a better revenue-sharing model, increased salaries, improved benefits and a softer salary cap.<\/p>\nAfter the failed negotiations, many players said there was a large discrepancy between what they wanted and what the league was offering. If a new CBA is not reached by October some players, including All-Stars Napheesa Collier and Angel Reese, have mentioned the potential of a walkout.<\/p>\n
At the end of the game, chants of \u201cPay them!\u201d broke out in the arena. Some fans held signs that read \u201cPay the players,\u201d during the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had no idea that they were in solidarity with our demonstration,\u201d said Nneka Ogwumike, president of the WNBPA. \u201cI\u2019ve been hearing it all weekend at the fan events, supporting us and wanting us to get our fair share of the value.\u201d<\/p>\n
This was potentially the last time that so many players would be together in one place before the season ends \u2014 a fact not lost on the union leadership.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a perfect opportunity to raise awareness for what we\u2019re doing and do it together,\u201d Collier said.<\/p>\n
The players aren\u2019t decided whether they\u2019ll wear the shirts on their own teams over the course of the second half of the season which begins Tuesday. They hope that fans will wear them as the union announced on social media during the game that the shirts were on sale.<\/p>\n
Ogwumike was unaware that the shirts were already on sale.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou put it out there, and you stand on business,\u201d said Courtney Williams about the shirts. \u201cAnd we\u2019re standing on business.\u201d<\/p>\n
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