Today The Fourth Period broke the news that the NWHL’s players received an email last night outlining a reported 50 percent cut in their salaries. Today the NWHL held a phone conference with commissioner Dani Rylan and New York Riveters captain and defender Ashley Johnston to make a statement and answer a few questions from the media.
The decision to make cuts was not something that the NWHLPA was involved in. Players will be signing an addendum to their contracts and the actual amount of the salary cut was not revealed out of respect to the players’ privacy and the league’s process.