Sources: WNBPA counterproposal includes some concessions on revenue share, housing - ESPN

The Women's National Basketball Players' Association submitted a counterproposal to the WNBA on Tuesday that included some concessions on revenue share and housing, sources told ESPN.

According to a source familiar with the proposal, the players' union is now asking for an average of 27.5% of gross revenue, defined as revenue before deducting expenses, over the course of the agreement, including 25% — and less than a $9.5 million salary cap — in year one.

In its previous proposal, from December, the union asked for the players to receive an average of 31% of gross revenue, starting at 28% in year one with a roughly $10.5 million salary cap.

On the issue of housing — which has also been a major flashpoint in negotiations — the players propose that teams continue to provide housing to players in the first several years of the new agreement, but that in later years, teams would no longer be obligated to provide housing for players making close to the maximum salary on multiyear deals and receiving full salary protection, a source said.

WNBA teams have been required to provide housing for players since the first CBA was ratified in 1999, and in the previous agreement, which officially expired in January after two extensions, teams could provide housing in the form of a one-bedroom apartment or a stipend.

In its proposal from early February, the league made concessions of its own on housing and facility standards. The league offered to have players on their applicable minimum salary and those with zero years of service be provided a one-bedroom apartment for the first three years of the new deal, and for developmental players to be provided studio apartments.

Tuesday's counterproposal comes 11 days after the league submitted