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How WNBPA’s All-Star shirts came to be amid CBA negotiations
The players are what is building this brand and this league,” Collier said. “There is no league without the players, and past, present, the ones coming up, they’re the ones that have put in the blood, sweat and tears for the new money that’s coming in. And so, we feel we are owed a piece of the pie that we helped create.”
This sentiment was the genesis of the statement they ended up printing on their warmup shirts, which were made prior to arriving in Indianapolis. Some have speculated that it came from a lyric in Jay-Z’s 2001 hit single “Izzo (H.O.V.A.)” that contains the line, “pay us like you owe us.”
But according to sources with knowledge of the discussions, the statement was a nod to merchandise from the National Women’s Law Center, a partner organization and frequent resource for WNBPA, that reads “Pay Me What You Owe Me.”
