WNBA and Players Reach an Agreement!!

[Purple Reign]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/storm/2004146177_wnba26.html

Game is On!!

Now the first question to ask and answer is who will be the Monarchs two core players?

 

[6th]

Wonderful news!! Now, they can get on with things.

 

[uncommonclay]

good deal !

no more drama waiting for this thing to get done ... time to start the personnel doings ... P.R. and 6th going Obama! ...

 

[Monty'sBiggestFan]

Hot DAMN! WOOHOO!!!


We have to core our restricted free agents in order to protect them? If we do, that leaves me with three players I want to core and only two slots. If I can protect them without coring them, I'm coring only DeMya from our list of players not under contract.

My protected are then: Walker, Brunson,Powell, Lawson,Newton
and the 6th player protected is either Haynie or Robinson depending on which position/role I think I can replace in the draft and how I think I can add post depth in the free agent market, or vice versa.

 

[Monty'sBiggestFan]

More CBA details

Players union and league agree on new CBA
By Oscar Dixon
USA TODAY
January 27, 2008

WNBA players get raises this year — and some get their own hotel rooms — under a new six-year Collective Bargaining Agreement.

The league and players union reached the six-year agreement on Friday; and the CBA was in the process of being ratified by the majority of the 165 players Sunday. (more)


Changes to the salary cap, introduction of a second tier of cap. Will be interesting to get

 

[Purple Reign]

Purple Reign's Protected Six

Expansion Draft - Wednesday February 6th
http://www.wnba.com/news/cbaagreement_080128.html

Here is my List - Powell, Brunson, Lawson, Newton, Robinson, Walker
Core Player - Ticha


PREDICITION - Haynie will get left unprotected and chosen in the draft
QUESTION - Any word on Yolanda Griffith?

 

[uncommonclay]

how many core players this year ?

"the number of players that each team may designate as core players decreases from two to one beginning in 2009."

So will the M's be able to core one or two in 2008? Maybe the expansion draft brings it down to 1 this year ?

 

[Monty'sBiggestFan]

Reign, if you core Ticha, you have to protect her. You also have to core DeMya to add her to your list of protected. Neither Ticha nor DeMya are currently under contract with the Monarchs. Nor are Yo, Rebekkah or Nicole for that matter, but I think there are special circumstances that would allow you to protect Brunson and Powell, but not any of your unrestricted.

It appears you can core two this year, and only one player in 2009 and if we core DeMya now, we could still core her in 2009 since theoretically Whiz should have his younger players locked in to long term deals. He signed Kara for 3yrs, so hopefully he can get Brunson and Powell signed for multi-year deals as well and at least put off the decision for a while since nobody else will be a UFA for a while but DeMya.