Nah this is what it's about.
WNBA players receive 9.3% of the league's total revenue, as stipulated in the current collective bargaining agreement. This is significantly less than the revenue share in other major sports leagues, where players typically receive around 50% of revenue. For example, NBA players receive between 49% and 51% of basketball-related income, according to MarketWatch.
While the WNBA players' revenue share is lower, they do benefit from revenue sharing of incremental revenue, with a 50-50 split, and also receive 50% of revenue from player-specific jersey sales, according to Just Women's Sports. However, the overall revenue share for WNBA players remains a point of contention and is a key area of discussion in ongoing CBA negotiations.
I'd really like to sit in on one of those CBA meetings, is it's true that the WNBA has never turned a profit what do the women say when the owners bring up that point because that plays a major part in revenue sharing