WNBA Players Make 'Pay' Statement With All-Star Shirts

Engelbert put a positive spin on the topic when touching on the back-and-forth with the players. She described recent discussions as "productive". However, the stars gathered in Indianapolis went with a slightly different approach. One that was highlighted via the message on their shirts before the All-Star Game tipped off.

The All-Stars wore black shirts for warm ups, with a simple statement adorned on them.

"Pay us what you owe us."

Obviously the CBA deals with many complex issues. However, the bottomline is always the bottomline in any negotiation. This is something the league's biggest star Caitlin Clark broached when weighing in herself.

Clark (whose salary for 2025 is just over $78,000) put it as simply as possible in saying, "We should be paid more, and hopefully that's the case moving forward, as the league continues to grow. That's something that's probably the most important thing that we're in the room advocating about."

Clark's sentiment echoed that of fellow All-Star captain Napheesa Collier, who said salary and revenue sharing were the most important aspects in the negotiations with the league.

Sometimes things can be boiled down to the simplest form, as was done by Clark —and hammered home by the statement she and her peers wore across their shirts.