The WNBA player, Angel Reese, lit a storm of social networks fire after stating that players are prepared to sit down to demand higher salaries during his podcast on Friday.
Reese and his companion player of the WNBA, Dijonai Carrington, went to the next collective bargaining agreement of the WNBA.
“I have to go into the meetings because I listen to how, ‘If they don’t give us what we want, we sit,” Reese said.
Carrington added: “That is a possibility.”
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Angel Reese de Rose reacts during the first quarter of a game against the Phantom at Wayfair Arena on January 31, 2025 in Medley, Fla. (Megan Briggs/Getty images)
Reese has adjusted on its financial situation in the past.
“The WNBA does not pay my bills. I don’t even think I pay one of my invoices. Literally,” Reese said.
Reese’s comments incited a heated debate on social networks about a strike of WNBA players, resulting in higher salaries. The WNBA has never obtained profits in its existence and has been subsidized by the NBA.
Chicago Sky striker, Angel Reese, during the first half of a game against Las Vegas Aces in Wintrust Arena. (Kamil Krzaczynski/USA Today Sports)
Reese entered the discussion when he called for conservative influence, also known as X, for a position that Reese said falsely said that he demanded that they pay him as much as the NBA players.
“I never said anything about the NBA. We are prepared to remain at the negotiating table during the time that is necessary,” Reese said.
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Reese signed a four -year rookie contract and $ 324,383 before her first WNBA season in 2024. She won less than $ 75,000 in her first year and will win less than that in 2025.
In October, Reese admitted that he could not pay his bills based on that salary in a live Instagram video.
“I am living beyond my possibilities. Hateing you pay for invoices, baby. I just hope you know that the wnba does not pay my invoices,” he said. “I don’t even think he pays one Of my invoices. Literally, I’m trying to think about my rent where I stay. Let me make mathematics very fast. Don’t even know my salary (WNBA), $ 74,000? “
Caitlin Clark by Indiana Fover and Angel Reese of Chicago Sky during a game on June 1, 2024 in Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (Jeff Haynes/NBAE through Getty Images)
Reese said he is paying $ 8,000 per rent.
“Nena, if they thought … that WNBA check does not pay anything,” he added. “Did that even pay my car’s note? … I couldn’t even eat a sandwich with that. I couldn’t even eat. I couldn’t live.”
The WNBA players union opted for its current collective bargaining agreement in October, two years before expiration.
The current CBA will still cover the 2025 season, so the two parties have one year to negotiate a new agreement.
