WNBA players calling for cap expansion for practice players

[LadyStanley]

How the salary cap affects low WNBA roster numbers, and a change proposal

When the CBA was agreed to in January 2020, max salaries went up 82% ($117,500 to $215,00) while the cap only grew 30% ($996,100 to $1.3 million), forcing general managers to be creative in building rosters.

sports.yahoo.com

The WNBA is at a critical point with some deep-pocketed team owners wanting to go all in and invest while others can't afford the upfront costs of that. This would allow team owners, like Mark Davis in Las Vegas or Joseph Tsai in New York, to make their teams better without forcing it on everyone else. But it would create a competitive disadvantage the collective bargaining agreement has worked to avoid in cases like chartered flights.

"You have to kind of sway some teams that, hey, you can not spend this money if you want, but you’re going to have a disadvantage," Mox said. "That could be a stumbling block for some owners."

Some owners can, some can't. Or a soft cap?

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[KevFu]

The WNBA really needs expansion, badly, and soon.

Anytime someone brings up NHL expansion, people make ridiculous claims about the "talent pool." The WNBA talent pool is so large that not every 1st round pick makes a WNBA rosters. They drafted 36 players in three rounds, and 19 of them got released by opening night.

Roster limit is 15, but the salary cap is a hard cap and most teams go with 12 players. They'd have zero problem from a talent pool perspective as an 18 or 24-team league.