Liz Cambage, a player for China’s Sichuan Yuanda and one of the most important centers in basketball in recent decades, has sent a forceful message to WNBA players who really want to make money.
You know, with the WNBA salary it’s not that hard to make more money doing anything… I think women should make more money playing the sport they love
The Australian media center, who left the WNBA in 2022 and has been publishing content on OnlyFans since 2025 (she has earned more than 1.5 million in less than a year), recommends basketball players to get off the court to make money.
Now I feel like women are more feminine or earn their sexuality more, and it’s fun
“You know, with the WNBA salary it’s not that hard to make more money doing anything… I think women should make more money playing the sport they love. I think everyone has to get it however they can,” Cambage said, offering her full support to WNBA players in their negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement.
The WNBA salary controversy: $66,079 minimum salary
The Women’s National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) is advocating for a greater share of revenue commensurate with the WNBA’s extraordinary growth from the 2024 season. This would increase player salaries, which currently start at $66,079 for some rookies and reach a maximum of $214,466 this season.
“Just be yourself. Stay true to your personality,” the Australian told her former teammates onTMZ.
Liz Cambage, who was the number 2 pick in the 2011 WNBA Draft, stressed that “I feel like before there was no opportunity or space for women to be who they are, but now I feel like women are more feminine or earn more their sexuality, and it’s fun”.
Controversy with WNBA stars’ salaries: “They should get down on their knees thanking their lucky stars
The current collective bargaining agreement, signed in 2020, expires at the end of October, and recent developments in the WNBA could delay any kind of resolution.
On September 30, Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier was highly critical of WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert during her team exit interview.
Collier alleged that Engelbert said, among other things, that newcomers like Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Paige Bueckers “should be down on their knees, thanking their lucky stars for the broadcast rights deal I got them.”
Engelbert denied Collier’s claim and bluntly told the press: “I didn’t make those comments”.
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