WNBA to use old ROTY in player marketing contracts

Fever F Aliyah Boston (left) and Sun C Brionna Jones are members of the WNBA’s player marketing agreementGetty Images

According to Doug Feinberg of the Associated Press, the WNBA “has retained the league’s past two Rookie of the Year winners, Aliyah Boston of the Indiana Fever F and Ryne Howard of the Atlanta Dream G, in player marketing agreements. “We’re hiring some new faces,” said Doug Feinberg of the Associated Press. Howard said the six players selected to join the program this offseason include Shakira Austin of the Washington Mystics, Breonna Jones of the Connecticut Sun and Seattle Storm G. They include Jewell Lloyd and Dallas Wings G Arike Ogunbowale. The league and its partners include Skims, Google and hair care company Miel. ” Ogunbouyere is “the only returning player from last season’s PMA group.” She appeared in a Google ad last year that featured seven of the 10 players who signed her marketing deals. The 2020 CBA “requires” the league to expend a total of $1 million in annual PMA, which will be carried over into the next season if the league “is short of making that payment” in one season. ” Participating in the PMA program “gives players the opportunity to supplement their WNBA income without staying in the U.S. to play overseas.” First used in players, then last year the league expanded to 10 players (Associated Press, 1/12).