August 23 – Women’s football in the US has made landmark changes to its player contract agreements with the NWSL Players Association and NWSL having reached a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) that will include revenue sharing and the abolishing of the college draft, a peculiarity of the US pro sports market.
“We saw this midterm, voluntary negotiation as an opportunity to expand on the rights and protections that we set the foundation for in our first CBA in 2022,” said NWSLPA Executive Director Meghann Burke.