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The WNBA stars gave a message to the league before the All-Star game on Saturday night when the players expressed disappointment with talks for a new collective bargaining agreement.
The players wore a T-shirt, stating that “pay us what you give us” during the warmup.
The shirt included the Women’s National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) logo.
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Ketleen Clarke of Indiana Fever wears a shirt, which says “do you out of us”, 2025 WNBA All-Star before the game before the game in Gainbridge Fieldhouse on July 19, 2025 in Indianapolis. (Steif Chambers/Getty Images)
In the game, Team Ketleen Clarke showed Ketleen Clarke against Nefesa Kolier. Both players were named Captain for the game. Both emerged wearing all-stars shirts. Clarke did this, even though he was sidelined for the game due to a back injury.
The players met with the league officials on Thursday, and the side did not reach a deal. Chicago Sky Star Angel Reese was one of the several WNBA players who have criticized the league talks.
“It was an eye opening for me. Like, listening to things and not listening to things and not the things that I was happy to hear. It was an insult to the things that were sent to us, proposals that were sent to us,” he said.
Ahead of the WNBA all-star game at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Aliah Boston of Indiana fever became heated on Saturday, 19 July 2025. (Grace Smith/Indistar/USA Today Network through imagene image)
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“It is important to be able to be vocal. If I sit back, it seems that I don’t care.”
New York Liberty star Sabrina Ioncu said that players were not going to compromise for “minimal” in the talks, while Phoenix Mercury Player Sato called the latest CBA of the league a “slap on face”.
WNBA Commissioner Kathy Engelbert told the Associated Press after the meeting that the meeting was “creative”.
WNBA Commissioner Kathy Angelbert speaks during a news conference before the WNBA all-star basketball game on Saturday, 19 July 2025 at Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Connoy)
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“It was a very creative dialogue. I think, you know, of course, a part of the process is to go ahead and listen to the players. They listen to us and the owners who represent the Board of Governors,” Angelbert said. “I still feel really optimistic that we can get some transformatives until the end. But this is a process.”
Fox News’ Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.
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