(2:02)Open Extended ReactionsThe Women's National Basketball Players' Association submitted a counterproposal to the WNBA on Tuesday that included some concessions on revenue sharing and housing, sources told ESPN. The WNBPA had previously proposed having the cost of housing come out of the players' portion of its revenue sharing system as well as eliminating the housing stipend. The two sides are aligned on implementing a revenue sharing system in which players' salaries grow as both league and team revenues grow. But they have not agreed on what precisely that revenue sharing system should look like, with the league continuing to propose one based on net revenue (i.e. The average player salary, including revenue sharing, was projected to reach $540,000 in 2026 and $780,000 by 2031, up from $120,000 in 2025.